armored car heist
Bullion truck theft
An armored car heist is the robbery of a vehicle used to transport cash, valuables, or other high-value cargo under armed guard.
These heavily fortified trucks service banks, ATMs, and retail businesses, making them targets for organized criminals: The armored car heist netted nearly two million in unmarked bills.
The term appears frequently in crime reporting and heist films.
- armed robberyTheft with weapon threat
- robberyTheft through intimidation
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- getawaySwift departure or retreat
- masksFace-covering disguises
cash · driver · guards · bullets · police · sirens · loot · gang · escape · wheels · guns · holdup · crew · chase · hostage · disguise · alarm · money
- heistsbank job, bank robbery, bank vault, caper, inside job
- robberyrobbery, armed robbery, bank robbery, holdup, hold-up