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picklock

noun

Definition of picklock

as in burglar

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The two masked burglars came inside with one holding the door, the employee said.

— Blake Tyson, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Flynn told 911 operators that a burglar broke into the couple’s home and shot his wife.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of burglar

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Museums in France—and elsewhere in Europe—have been on high alert for the past year because thieves have taken valuable objects from their walls, not because visitors have added inconsequential ones to them.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
The thief, Mo Hailong, was sentenced in 2016 to 36 months in prison for conspiracy to steal trade secrets from DuPont Pioneer and Monsanto, two of the world’s largest seed companies at the time.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

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The person with the gun then pointed it at the vehicle's owner and her friend, and both robbers got in the vehicle and drove away, running over the friend's arm, the report says.

— arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 23 Sep. 2026
But in the meantime, on their nut-selling quest, Zuriko and Gela are unfortunately — though perhaps inevitably, given that in these parts Murphy’s law is the only one strictly observed — waylaid by highway robbers.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026

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To begin with, the community is run by Blaine Shaw (Seth Numrich), surely the slickest scammer of old folks since John Mahoney’s nursing-home embezzler in 1989’s Say Anything.

— Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 May 2026
Barb knowingly taking money from an embezzler would reshape our understanding of her as a character.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025

Definition of embezzler

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