How to Use heist in a Sentence

heist

1 of 2 verb

• There are good jokes that work and heist setpieces that don’t.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 13 June 2019
• Houston bank branches have been hit with a steady beat of armored truck heists in recent years that involve brazen attacks on couriers.
  — Julian Gill, Houston Chronicle, 24 Oct. 2019
• It has been discussed and dissected from the day he was officially heisted from the University of Pittsburgh's staff last Dec. 14.
  — Ron Higgins, NOLA.com, 29 Aug. 2017
• The security officer said one man provided a distraction, while his partner heisted a large-screen television.
  — John Benson, cleveland.com, 1 Nov. 2017
• Sandra Bullock’s perfectly textured waves were a beautiful distraction, almost heisting the whole movie.
  — Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 19 June 2018
• Waymo has drawn a sordid picture, contending that Levandowski heisted thousands of documents containing Google trade secrets before defecting to Uber.
  — Michael Liedtke, The Seattle Times, 4 Feb. 2018
• There are good jokes that work and heist setpieces that don’t.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 13 June 2019
• Houston bank branches have been hit with a steady beat of armored truck heists in recent years that involve brazen attacks on couriers.
  — Julian Gill, Houston Chronicle, 24 Oct. 2019
• It has been discussed and dissected from the day he was officially heisted from the University of Pittsburgh's staff last Dec. 14.
  — Ron Higgins, NOLA.com, 29 Aug. 2017
• The security officer said one man provided a distraction, while his partner heisted a large-screen television.
  — John Benson, cleveland.com, 1 Nov. 2017
• Sandra Bullock’s perfectly textured waves were a beautiful distraction, almost heisting the whole movie.
  — Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 19 June 2018
• Waymo has drawn a sordid picture, contending that Levandowski heisted thousands of documents containing Google trade secrets before defecting to Uber.
  — Michael Liedtke, The Seattle Times, 4 Feb. 2018

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heist

2 of 2 noun

• The most recent take on this notion dates to the 1950 heist.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 5 June 2023
• His last day was supposed to be Dec. 30, the day after the heist.
  — Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Feb. 2023
• Along each step of the heist, the thieves had left easy evidence to collect.
  — Hazlitt, 1 Mar. 2023
• Cate Blanchett is pulling off a space-faring heist in her new movie.
  — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2024
• The film follows an all-girl crew attempting to pull off a heist at the Met Gala.
  — Brittany Natale, Country Living, 25 May 2023
• That’s the fourth convention of the heist: assembling a team.
  — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
• In short, in a heist story the bad guys are basically the good guys.
  — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
• The streaming giant announced Berlin and his gang will be back with a new heist.
  — Veronica Villafañe, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
• And all of the silliness of the heist inevitably takes us somewhere sadder and more profound.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2023
• Kay and Nix will travel across the galaxy to gain the right resources and crew for the ultimate heist.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 Apr. 2024
• This time, though, the many careers of Barbie will be subbed out for one career: heists.
  — Vulture, 9 June 2023
• There are even heist bags, which are like chests that only contain gear for heists.
  — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 25 Aug. 2023
• The fast-food heist was captured on the family's Ring camera.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
• Suffice to say, his dad moves in, dragging his son and Jon’s dog into a high-stakes heist.
  — Vulture, 13 Nov. 2023
• While a heist almost threatened the release, the newish album includes six new tracks that are from the vault, a.k.a.
  — Vulture, 7 July 2023
• Jim has spent years avoiding his family, but the gang wants Jim back in the fold for a major heist.
  — Carol Memmott, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
• The heist occurred in broad daylight and was even caught on video by an eyewitness.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2023
• Suspects in an armed robbery got their vehicle stolen in the middle of the heist.
  — Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023
• The Süddeutsche Zeitung reported that the circumstances of the heist were straight out of a Hollywood movie.
  — Jeff Zymeri, Fox News, 24 Nov. 2022
• Inside stars Willem Dafoe as a art theif who gets stuck in a penthouse when a heist doesn't go according to plan.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 10 Jan. 2023
• Some missions in the game will include heists and gang rivalries.
  — Lily Larsen, Washington Examiner, 5 Dec. 2023
• Police on Sunday released images of the suspects and the vehicle used in the heist.
  — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 4 Sep. 2023
• Detectives logged the damage and viewed surveillance video, which allegedly showed Schaff in the area at the time of the heist, Jones said.
  — Ellie Wolfe, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023
• This four-episode series details the world’s biggest art heist, which took place on St. Patrick’s Day weekend in 1990.
  — Dana Feldman, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• Saturday was the 33rd anniversary of the unsolved, late-night heist.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 23 Mar. 2023
• The heist began after Zhong had stored some Bitcoin on Silk Road, the online black market.
  — David Voreacos, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2023
• While a number of pieces from the heist have been returned, others remain missing.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
• His hunt for revenge, however, brings with it a shot at the biggest heist of his career.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2024
• But the possibility that it was connected to the Gardner heist has been raised over the past two decades.
  — Shelley Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2023
• There are pet-store heists and violent robberies, at least one of them deadly.
  — CBS News, 20 Mar. 2024

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