heist
/haɪst/noun
उच्चारण हाइस्ट
डकैती, बड़ी चोरी
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an act of stealing something valuable from a shop or bank
डकैती, बड़ी चोरी
- a bank heist
- The film is about a daring jewellery heist.
- Police are investigating a heist at the city's biggest jewellery shop.
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- The thieves planned the heist for months.
- The novel tells the story of a famous museum heist.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a heist (countable noun)
Heist is a countable noun for a planned robbery of something valuable, such as a bank or a jewellery shop.
'Heist' गणनीय noun है, जो बैंक या आभूषण की दुकान जैसी मूल्यवान जगह की योजनाबद्ध चोरी के लिए प्रयुक्त होता है।
- The police are investigating a diamond heist in Surat.
- There were two bank heists in the city this year.
pull off / carry out a heist
The usual verbs are pull off, carry out, plan and foil. Pull off suggests the thieves succeeded.
सामान्य क्रियाएँ pull off, carry out, plan और foil हैं। 'Pull off' से लगता है कि चोर सफल हुए।
- The gang pulled off the heist in under ten minutes.
- Police foiled a heist at the museum.
heist + of + valuable thing
Use of to name what was stolen.
क्या चुराया गया, यह बताने के लिए 'of' लगता है।
- The heist of the temple jewels shocked the whole town.
heist + film / story / movie
As a modifier it names a kind of story about a clever robbery.
Modifier के रूप में यह चतुर चोरी की कहानी वाली एक विधा बताता है।
- Radhika loves a good heist film.
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verb + heist
planpull offcarry outfoilinvestigatecommit
- The robbers planned the heist for months.
adjective + heist
daringaudaciousarmedjewellerybankperfect
- The audacious heist made headlines across the country.
heist + noun
filmgangplotmastermindcrew
- The mastermind of the heist was caught at the airport.
noun + heist
bankgoldartcashjeweltrain
- The great train heist is still discussed in books and films.
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- Three masked men carried out a daring heist at the jewellery shop.
तीन नकाबपोशों ने आभूषण की दुकान में दुस्साहसिक डकैती डाली।
- The police arrested the mastermind of the bank heist.
पुलिस ने बैंक डकैती के सूत्रधार को गिरफ्तार कर लिया।
- The film is about a clever heist in a Mumbai casino.
यह फ़िल्म मुंबई के एक कैसीनो में हुई चतुर चोरी के बारे में है।
- Cameras helped the police to foil the heist.
कैमरों ने पुलिस को डकैती विफल करने में मदद की।
- The heist was planned so well that nobody noticed it for hours.
डकैती की योजना इतनी अच्छी बनी थी कि घंटों तक किसी को पता नहीं चला।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Heist, theft and robbery all mean stealing, but they differ in method and scale.
Heist, theft और robbery तीनों का अर्थ चोरी है, पर तरीके और पैमाने में अंतर है।
A carefully planned theft of something valuable, often by a group.
किसी मूल्यवान वस्तु की सावधानी से योजनाबद्ध चोरी, प्रायः किसी गिरोह द्वारा।
- The heist took the gang months to plan.
The general crime of taking something that is not yours, without force.
बिना बल प्रयोग के दूसरे की वस्तु लेने का सामान्य अपराध।
- He was charged with the theft of a bicycle.
Stealing with force or threat against a person.
किसी व्यक्ति पर बल या धमकी के साथ की गई चोरी।
- The robbery at the petrol pump was caught on camera.
?Which word?
Keep the steal words together: heist (a large robbery, informal), robbery (stealing using force or threats), burglary (entering a building to steal), theft (stealing in general), larceny (theft, legal term), embezzlement (stealing money you are trusted with).
चोरी के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: heist (बड़ी डकैती, अनौपचारिक), robbery (बल या धमकी से चोरी, लूट), burglary (चोरी के लिए भवन में घुसना, सेंधमारी), theft (सामान्य चोरी), larceny (चोरी, कानूनी शब्द), embezzlement (सौंपे गए पैसे की चोरी, गबन)।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
The Kakori conspiracy (1925) was a train robbery by revolutionaries.
काकोरी षड्यंत्र (1925) क्रांतिकारियों द्वारा की गई ट्रेन डकैती थी।