heist
noun /haɪst/
/haɪst/
(informal)- an act of stealing something valuable from a shop or bank
synonym robbery(对商店、银行贵重物、钱的)盗窃 - a bank heist
银行盗窃案 - It’s a tense thriller about a diamond heist that goes badly wrong.
那是个惊险刺激的钻石盗窃案故事,过程波折重重。 - a heist movie
一部盗窃题材影片
Collocations DictionaryHeist is used before these nouns:- movie
- bank
- jewel
- jewellery
- …
词源mid 19th cent. (originally US): representing a local pronunciation of hoist. - a bank heist