Prying - Law Dictionary Search Results
Prize
To move with a lever to force up or open to pry
Nose around
to look around or search especially where one has no authority to do so to pry to be nosy Same as nose2 v i
Maundril
A pick with two prongs to pry with
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writ
writ [Old English, something written] 1 : a letter that was issued in the name of the English monarch from Anglo-Saxon times to declare his grants, wishes, and commands 2 : an order or mandatory process...
imprison
imprison : to confine in prison esp. as punishment for a crime compare false imprisonment im·pris·on·ment n
misappropriate
misappropriate : to appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully (as by theft or embezzlement) mis·ap·pro·pri·a·tion [-prō-prē-ā-shən] n
expropriate
expropriate -at·ed -at·ing : to take (property) of an individual in the exercise of state sovereignty (as by eminent domain) ex·pro·pri·a·tion [ek-sprō-prē-ā-shən] n
deprive
deprive de·prived de·priv·ing : to take away or withhold something from [no person shall…be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law "U.S. Constitution amend. V"] dep·ri·va·tion [de-prə-vā-shən, dē-prī-] n
condition
condition 1 : an uncertain future act or event whose occurrence or nonoccurrence determines the rights or obligations of a party under a legal instrument and esp. a contract ;also : a clause in the instrument...
bill
bill 1 : a draft of a law presented to a legislature for enactment ;also : the law itself [the GI ] ap·pro·pri·a·tions bill [ə-prō-prē-ā-shənz-] : a bill providing money for government expenses and programs NOTE:...
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