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Heist vs Larceny - What's the difference?

heist | larceny |

As a verb heist

is .

As a noun larceny is

(legal) the unlawful taking of personal property as an attempt to deprive the legal owner of it permanently.

heist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A robbery or burglary, especially from an institution such as a bank or museum.
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  • (slang) A heist film: a film whose plot centers around an attempted robbery.
  • * 2008 March 6, Robert Wilonsky, "Fast and Loose", '' volume 32 number 10, page 28,
  • The Bank Job is also the first proper Jason Statham movie since his days banging about in Guy Ritchie's early heists .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To steal, rob or hold up (something).
  • Derived terms

    * heister

    Verb

    (head)
  • larceny

    English

    Noun

  • (legal) The unlawful taking of personal property as an attempt to deprive the legal owner of it permanently.
  • (legal) A larcenous act attributable to an individual.
  • That young man already has four assaults, a DUI, and a larceny on his record.

    Derived terms

    * grand larceny * petty larceny

    References