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heister

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from German Heister.

  1. borrowed from Heister

Definitions

  1. A thief or burglar.

    • 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 […]

  2. A surname from German.

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