Heister

name, noun

name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A thief or burglar. rare

    "Put it down and walk away ... straight to the crime section of your bookstore, where I'd suggest you start with The Hunter, the first book in his classic series about Parker, the heister's heister […]"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.

Synonyms

All synonyms
lifterprigthiefthiever

Example

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"Put it down and walk away ... straight to the crime section of your bookstore, where I'd suggest you start with The Hunter, the first book in his classic series about Parker, the heister's heister […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From heist + -er.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Heister.

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