bank heist

Armed vault robbery

A bank heist is a robbery of a bank, typically involving planning, coordination, and often dramatic elements like armed entry, vault-cracking, or getaway vehicles.

The term carries a cinematic quality—heist suggests something more elaborate than a simple holdup: The gang spent months planning the bank heist.

Real bank heists rarely match their Hollywood counterparts.

Related

cash · masks · alarm · hostage · crew · inside man · loot · money bags · dye pack · security · guards · drill · escape · driver · inside job · teller · silent alarm · cameras

Categories
Opposites
legality/criminality

bank heistbank deposit

Money entrusted to institution

bank bailout · bank transfer · honest work · charitable donation · endowment

protection vs. breach

bank heistbank security

Measures protecting financial institutions

security detail · crime prevention · law enforcement

legality/legitimacy

bank heistbank deposit

Money entrusted to institution

wire transfer · loan repayment · banking · inheritance

Family

bank, heist, banks, banked, banking, banker, bankers, heists, heisted

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG