lockpicking
Opening without keys
Lockpicking is the skill or act of opening a lock without its key, using specialized tools to manipulate the internal mechanism.
It's practiced legitimately by locksmiths and security professionals, and illegally by burglars.
As a hobby, it has enthusiast communities who practice on locks they own: I got into lockpicking during quarantine.
Key-operated door lock
- keyholeOpening for a lock
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- tumblerFlat-bottomed drinking vessel
- cylinderCircular-based solid form
latch · combination · safe · alarm · mortise · high-security
Tined yard implement
- bypassRoute that skirts obstacles
- impressioningLock bypass via blank filing
- shimThin piece for leveling
- decodingExtracting meaning from symbols
manipulation · jiggling · scrubbing · feedback · binding · overset · keyway · bitting
Illegal entry to commit crime
- break-inUnlawful entry to premises
- trespassUnauthorized entry onto property
- thiefOne who steals
- heistOrganized large-scale theft
intruder · felony · larceny · robbery · unlawful · criminal · prowler
Covert information gatherer
- covertIntentionally concealed
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- infiltrateEnter secretly to observe
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
sabotage · intelligence · operative · surveillance · dead-drop · tradecraft · safehouse · mission
Locking wrist restraint
- shackleMetal limb restraint
- jailbreakEscape from custody
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- restraintControl over impulses
liberation · breakout · fugitive · release · unshackle · elude · evade · extraction
Something unexplained or unknown
Ardent admirer of something
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- communityCollective of connected people
- forumGathering place for discourse
- collectorOne who gathers items
deadbolt
Key-operated door lock
cylinder · latch · combination · safe · alarm · mortise · high-security
rake
Tined yard implement
- bypassRoute that skirts obstacles
- impressioningLock bypass via blank filing
- shimThin piece for leveling
decoding · manipulation · jiggling · scrubbing · feedback · binding · overset · keyway · bitting
burglary
Illegal entry to commit crime
heist · intruder · felony · larceny · robbery · unlawful · criminal · prowler
spy
Covert information gatherer
- covertIntentionally concealed
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- infiltrateEnter secretly to observe
undercover · sabotage · intelligence · operative · surveillance · dead-drop · tradecraft · safehouse · mission · asset
handcuff
Locking wrist restraint
restraint · liberation · breakout · fugitive · release · unshackle · elude · evade · extraction · rescue
mystery
Something unexplained or unknown
enthusiast
Ardent admirer of something
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- communityCollective of connected people
- forumGathering place for discourse
decoder
Device that unscrambles signals
- repinningFastening again with pins
- espionagespy, spies, double agent, double agents, spying
- game activitiescooking, crafting, farming, fishing, mining
- heistsheist, bank job, bank heist, bank robbery, art heist
- minigamesmatching game, memory game, puzzle game, rhythm game, racing game
- prison escapesjailbreak, breakout, escapee, tunneling, disguise
- stealthsneak, ninja, creep, spy, skulk