单词 | heist |
释义 | heist (haɪst ) Word forms: heists countable noun [oft noun NOUN] A heist is a robbery, especially one in which money, jewellery, or art is stolen. [journalism] She needs him to take part in a risky heist. Collocations: art heist And the thieves behind the biggest art heist in years are believed to have been tipped off. The Sun An intriguing new lead in the world's largest unsolved art heist. Times, Sunday Times The film tells the story of a self-made millionaire, an art professor and a banker, who come together to undertake an audacious art heist. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He had travelled the world using cash from various art heists that he had pulled off. The Sun Many art heists are clearly the work of amateurs, but some plainly involve planning, discernment and even critical judgment. Times, Sunday Times It concerns two detectives who attempt to crack a complex bank heist. The Sun (2010) They couldn't make money from a bank heist. The Sun (2010) FOUR men were in court yesterday accused of plotting a hi-tech bank heist. The Sun (2013) It's a classic trick used in bank heist movies - put a still image in front of a security camera while they crack a safe. The Sun (2009) It starts off promisingly as a high-energy heist film, fuelled by a techno soundtrack. Times, Sunday Times It combines historical footage with re-enactment and has the spirit of a heist film. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Heist films, we've taken to calling them. Times, Sunday Times What followed resembled the plot of a Hollywood heist movie. Times, Sunday Times (2012) It feels like a cross between the documentary Inside Job and a heist movie. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Inside Man is a rare pleasure; a heist movie that relies on its wits rather than showy pyrotechnics. Times, Sunday Times (2013) We know this because grown men used it recently to carry out a jewellery heist. The Sun I thought he meant robbing a bank, or a jewellery heist. Times, Sunday Times A prestigious diamond fashion show goes wrong and, inadvertently, they become embroiled in a jewellery heist. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The theft was dubbed 'one of the biggest jewellery heists in the past quartercentury'. Times, Sunday Times They plan a heist while passing themselves off as a string quintet. Times, Sunday Times Three old pals plan a heist when their pension pots fall foul of corporate corruption. The Sun It's set in a junk shop, where three desperate men are planning a heist. Times, Sunday Times Police believe the ringleaders spent up to three years planning the heist to finance a luxury retirement — but they now face a 'death sentence' behind bars. The Sun Fortunately, a quick explanation exonerated me of planning a heist. Times, Sunday Times |
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