heist

Etymology

Probably pronunciation variation of hoist.

noun

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. 21 August 2014, “A brazen heist in Paris [print version: International New York Times, 22 August 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times
2. (countable, uncountable) A fiction genre in which a heist is central to the plot; a work in such a genre.
   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. 2002, Theatre Record, volume 22, numbers 10-18, page 1177
   The Bank Job is also the first proper Jason Statham movie since his days banging about in Guy Ritchie's early heists. March 6 2008, Robert Wilonsky, “Fast and Loose”, in Riverfront Times, volume 32, number 10, page 28
   The crew resemble typical heist characters[.] 2014, Daryl Lee, The Heist Film: Stealing With Style, page 69

verb

1. (transitive) To steal, rob, or hold up (something).