English Dictionary

heist

/ˈhaɪst/

noun

A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum. / (uncountable) A fiction genre in which a heist is central to the plot.

The heist was meticulously planned and executed.

意味（1）

A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum.

The audacious hijacking in Paris of a van carrying the baggage of a Saudi prince to his private jet is obviously an embarrassment to the French capital, whose ultra-high-end boutiques have suffered a spate of heists in recent months.

意味（2）

(uncountable) A fiction genre in which a heist is central to the plot.

It is a conventional heist play in which the drama is created less through the characters' actions than through the fact of one of them having a gun.