HEIST

heist, rip-off

(noun) the act of stealing

burglarize, burglarise, burgle, heist

(verb) commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

heist (countable and uncountable, plural heists)

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

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

Verb

heist (third-person singular simple present heists, present participle heisting, simple past and past participle heisted)

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

Anagrams

• Heits, Hites, Sethi, Thiès, ithes, seith, shite, sithe

Proper noun

Heist (plural Heists)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Heist is the 17958th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1556 individuals. Heist is most common among White (96.85%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Heits, Hites, Sethi, Thiès, ithes, seith, shite, sithe

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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