Heist
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

2 letters

UP
Raise; "up the ante"

3 letters

ROB
Rip off; ask an unreasonable price

SKY
The atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth

NAB
Take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

JOB
The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"

LOB
An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc

MUG
With handle and usually cylindrical

COP
Take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

4 letters

RISE
Rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"

NAIL
Succeed at easily; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course"

NICK
Mate successfully; of livestock

PRIG
A person regarded as arrogant and annoying

REAR
The side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"

LOFT
(golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air

HEFT
The property of being large in mass

HIKE
A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure; "she enjoys a hike in her spare time"

LIFT
The act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"

HOOK
A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook

GRAB
The act of catching an object with the hands; "Mays made the catch with his back to the plate"; "he made a grab for the ball before it landed"; "Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away"; "the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion"

5 letters

THEFT
The act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International"

SETUP
Equipment designed to serve a specific function

STEAL
A stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)

STICK
Stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!"

SWIPE
A sweeping stroke or blow

RAISE
The act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"

HOIST
Lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects

PINCH
Irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"

HEIST
The act of stealing

ERECT
Construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"

FILCH
Make off with belongings of others

HEAVE
Bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave"

HOICK

BOOST
The act of giving hope or support to someone

CLOUT
(boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose"

CAPER
A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

CROOK
A long staff with one end being hook shaped

6 letters

UPCAST
Air passage consisting of a ventilation shaft through which air leaves a mine

UPBUOY

SNITCH
Give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"

REARUP

JERKUP

LIFTUP
Take and lift upward

PERKUP
Gain or regain energy; "I picked up after a nap"

BUOYUP
Keep afloat; "The life vest buoyed him up"

CASTUP

HIJACK
Seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination

HOLDUP
Rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat

RIPOFF
Deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"

BURGLE
Commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling

UPHOLD
Support against an opponent; "The appellate court upheld the verdict"

UPLIFT
(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)

UPREAR

7 letters

ELEVATE
Raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

VULTURE
Any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion

UPTHROW
(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)

THROWUP
Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"

UPRAISE
Cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts"

UPHOIST

UPHEAVE
Lift forcefully from beneath

MUGGING
Assault with intent to rob

RAISEUP
Change the arrangement or position of

ROBBING

KNOCKUP
Make pregnant; "He impregnated his wife again"

STICKUP
Rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat

ROBBERY
Larceny by threat of violence

8 letters

LEVITATE
Be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity; "The guru claimed that he could levitate"

HEIGHTEN
Increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"

ESCALATE
Increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"

BURGLARY
Entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property

BANDITRY
The practice of plundering in gangs

9 letters

KNOCKOVER
Cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"

HIJACKING
Robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force

EXTORTION
Unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority); "the extortion by dishonest officials of fees for performing their sworn duty"

10 letters

STICKUPJOB

BURGLARISE
Commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling

BURGLARIZE
Commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling

11 letters

BANKROBBERY

ASPORTATION

12 letters

ARMEDROBBERY
Robbery at gunpoint

13 letters

POCKETPICKING

COMMITROBBERY

CATTLELIFTING

14 letters

PURSESNATCHING

HIGHWAYROBBERY
Robbery of travellers on or near a public road

CATTLESTEALING

17 letters

ASSAULTANDROBBERY