pick a lock

to open a lock without using a key. The robber picked the lock with a nail file. The thief picked the lock on the safe and stole the money.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Buana	BWAH-nah	Indonesian
Veda	-	Indian, Telugu, Kannada
'Abla	-	Arabic
Hotaru	ho-tah-ṙoo	Japanese
ThÉO	te-O	French
Alexander	a-lig-ZAN-dər (English), ah-lek-SAHN-der (German), ah-lək-SAHN-dər (Dutch), AW-lek-sawn-der (Hungarian)	English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Hungarian, Slovak, Biblical, Ancient