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
Oxford Collocations DictionaryHeist is used before these nouns:- movie
- bank
- jewel
- jewellery
- …
Word Originmid 19th cent. (originally US): representing a local pronunciation of hoist.