heist

braquage, cambriolage

Vol préparé à l’avance, notamment d’argent ou d’objets précieux dans une banque ou un musée.

En anglais simple : A planned theft, especially of money or valuable objects from a bank or museum.

• The gang planned a heist.
• Police arrested three suspects after the museum heist.
• Millions of dollars were stolen in the heist.

Synonymes : robbery

Expressions courantes : bank heist, jewel heist, plan a heist

film de braquage, récit de braquage

Genre d’histoire centré sur un vol organisé, ou livre ou film de ce genre.

En anglais simple : A type of story about a planned theft, or a book or film of this type.

• We watched a heist film.
• She writes clever heist novels with surprising endings.
• The heist genre often features a team of skilled criminals.

Expressions courantes : heist film, heist novel, heist genre

voler, braquer

Voler quelque chose ou commettre un braquage dans un lieu.

En anglais simple : To steal something or rob a place.

• They planned to heist the jewels.
• The gang heisted a bank last summer.
• Someone had heisted all the cash from the safe.

Synonymes : steal, rob

Expressions courantes : heist a bank, heist some cash, heist the jewels