lock-picking
Opening without keys
Lock-picking is the technique of opening a lock without its key, typically by manipulating the internal mechanism with specialized tools.
It's a skill practiced by locksmiths, security professionals, and hobbyists, though also associated with burglary: He learned lock-picking from YouTube tutorials.
The compound can also function as an adjective: lock-picking tools, lock-picking kit.
Tined yard implement
- bypassRoute that skirts obstacles
- shimThin piece for leveling
- bumpingLight repeated collision
- impressioningLock bypass via blank filing
decoding · manipulation · rocking · scrubbing · jigglers · feedback · counter-rotation · torque
Illegal entry to commit crime
- break-inUnlawful entry to premises
- intruderUnauthorized person present
- heistOrganized large-scale theft
- theftUnlawful taking of property
trespass · stealth · clandestine · burglar · covert · larceny · robbery · safecracker
Slot receiving a key
- wardingDefending against approach
- tumblersStemless drinking glasses
- pinsPointed sewing fasteners
- cylinderCircular-based solid form
plug · springs · rekey · locksmithing · competition
rake
Tined yard implement
impressioning · decoding · manipulation · rocking · scrubbing · jigglers · feedback · counter-rotation · torque
burglary
Illegal entry to commit crime
- break-inUnlawful entry to premises
- intruderUnauthorized person present
- heistOrganized large-scale theft
theft · trespass · stealth · clandestine · burglar · covert · larceny · robbery · safecracker · infiltration
keyway
Slot receiving a key
cylinder · plug · springs · rekey · locksmithing · competition
- breaking inbreak-in, burglary, crowbar, forced entry, breaking and entering
lock-pickinglocking
Fixing firmly in position
securing · bolting · deadbolting · rekeying · fortification
pick, lock, locked, picking, picker, pickpocket, locksmith, unpicked, pickpocketing