heist

Example Sentences

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An official audit of the museum published shortly after the heist highlighted the institution's inadequate security systems and ageing infrastructure.

From BBC

This and the fact that the thieves deliberately bypassed the one crown containing fake gems were fairly solid signals, Mr. Wittman says, that the heist was an inside job.

From The Wall Street Journal

Four people have already charged over the heist - three men and a woman, who also live in the Paris region.

From BBC

The budding friendship will be tested by a high-stakes heist, carried out during the city's centennial gala by a snake, a species long banned from the city.

From Barron's

The heist shocked France and turned a spotlight on the porous security system of the Louvre and other museums across the country that have become the target of an increasing number of robberies.

From The Wall Street Journal