A heist is the act of stealing something very valuable from a shop, a bank, a museum, and so on — jewels, money, art, a truck full of goods. It is not a child taking sweets.

A heist is the act of stealing something very valuableheist是偷走非常貴重的東西的行為 from a shop, a bank, a museum, and so on從商店、銀行、博物館之類的地方 — jewels, money, art, a truck full of goods——珠寶、錢、藝術品、一整卡車的貨。 It is not a child taking sweets這不是小孩拿糖果。

It is planned, large, and a little cinematic; news and films love the word (a bank heist, a jewellery heist). It is informal, and you hear it more in American English than in careful British prose, where robbery or raid may step in.

It is planned, large, and a little cinematic這是有計畫的、規模大，還帶點電影感； news and films love the word新聞和電影很愛用這個字 (a bank heist, a jewellery heist)（像a bank heist搶銀行案、a jewellery heist搶珠寶案）。 It is informal這是口語詞， and you hear it more in American English than in careful British prose在美式英語裡比在講究的英式文章裡更常聽到， where robbery or raid may step in英式文章裡可能會換成robbery或raid。

Though actually, people use it loosely for any flashy theft in a story, even when the police would call it something else.

Though actually不過其實， people use it loosely for any flashy theft in a story大家會鬆散地拿它形容故事裡任何一場很炫的偷竊， even when the police would call it something else就算警方會用別的字來稱呼。

It is also a verb: to heist something is to steal it in that big, planned way. You would not usually heist a bicycle from the street; that is just stealing.

It is also a verb這也可以當動詞： to heist something is to steal it in that big, planned wayheist某樣東西，就是用那種大規模、有計畫的方式偷走它。 You would not usually heist a bicycle from the street你通常不會heist路邊的一台腳踏車； that is just stealing那就只是普通的偷竊。