We identify a sizable nonlinear Hall effect of spin-3/2 heavy holes in zincblende nanostructures, driven by a quadrupole interaction with the electric field formerly believed to be negligible. The interaction is enabled by $T_d$-symmetry, reflects inversion breaking, and in two dimensions results in an electric-field correction to the in-plane $g$ factor. The effect can be observed in state-of-the-art heterostructures, either via magnetic doping or by using a vector magnet, where even for small perpendicular magnetic fields it is comparable in magnitude to topological materials.

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• Anomalous Hall effect
• Spin-orbit coupling
• 2-dimensional systems
• Zinc-blende structure
• Luttinger–Kohn model