To inquire nosily into someone's private affairs, or to move something with a lever using force.
From Old French 'prier' (to request, test) or possibly from Norse 'prýja' (to test), meaning both 'to move forcefully' and 'to inquire nosily' from around the 1300s.
This word has a clever double meaning—using a crowbar to pry open a door and being a nosy person who pries into secrets both involve forcing something that's trying to stay closed.
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