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Purloiner vs Picklock - What's the difference?

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Purloiner is a related term of picklock.


As nouns the difference between purloiner and picklock

is that purloiner is one who purloins while picklock is a device designed to pick locks.

purloiner

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who purloins.

    • picklock

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device designed to pick locks.
  • * 1623 (date of publication), , Act III,
    • Marry, sir, he hath offended the law; and, sir, we take him to be a thief too, sir, for we have found upon him, sir, a strange picklock , which we have sent to the deputy.
  • One who picks locks; a thief.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • A picklock of secrets.

    Synonyms

    * lock pick * pick

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