lockpick

[ lok-pik ]

noun

a device such as a sharp instrument or wire that enables a person, especially a burglar, to open a lock without using a key: He used a lockpick to open the door and stole the papers.

Origin of lockpick

¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; lock¹ + pick¹

Words Nearby lockpick

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How to use lockpick in a sentence

Look close, and see what you'll do with it, supposing you turn lockpick some day.'
The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 | Various
He had managed to shove his best file and a lockpick into hiding there while Mikah was betraying him back in their room.
The Ethical Engineer | Henry Maxwell Dempsey

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