picklocks

noun

plural of picklock
as in cat burglars

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  1. thieves
  2. robbers
  3. burglars
Noun
  • As Ars’ Ashley Belanger reported recently, thieves have made off with more than $100 million in similar shipments since June.
    — Nick Indge, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
  • But across the capital, fresh graffiti denounced politicians as thieves.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of thieves
Noun
  • Romero retired from the NYPD as a detective in 2001, a year after he was shot while off duty by armed robbers at his family-run laundromat in Brooklyn, law enforcement sources told ABC New York City station WABC.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The series opens from the police perspective, but later the story rewinds and is told through the eyes of the robbers and and their hostages inside the bank.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of robbers
Noun
  • Los Angeles Police Department detectives said the family members arrived home in the 7000 block of Torreyson Drive just before midnight and found the burglars already inside.
    — Jasmine Viel, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Those men include three burglars and four accomplices, per Le Monde.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of burglars
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“Picklocks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picklocks. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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