jimmying

He was caught before he had succeeded in 'jimmying' the door, so that the letter must have been delivered at the Collins house.

The Substitute Prisoner Max Marcin 1913

The pilots tried various procedures to loosen the landing gear -- such as jimmying the control lever back and forth, trying the manual release, and G-moves, a series of steep inclines and declines to jostle it loose.

unknown title 2009

It took a bit of jimmying to force the door, and inside we found piles and piles of of binders and dozens of black and white photos, all showing one man at various political events.

Boing Boing 2009

If I was "jimmying open" my front door and a cop showed up to see what was going on, I'd be grateful, respectful and provide identification.

Obama to meet this week with professor, officer 2009

No more jimmying doors with a Slim Jim, bricks through windows, extracting lock cylinders with a dent puller, or hot-wiring ignitions.

Robert Siciliano: How To Steal A Car: Hack It! Robert Siciliano 2012

That's not some kind of admission that you've been jimmying the lock on the archdiocese mailbox all these years.

A Conversation with Louise Erdrich 2010

This sparked a company-wide debate about jimmying with the database.

How Adam Got @Adam and Became Cool Online Katherine Rosman 2011

What the hell; after Rahm Emanuel finishes jimmying the census, election results from the phantom congressional districts ought to be just as reliable as those from the real ones.

Meet Grant Bosse (CAND, NH-00). - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009

I came of age at about the time the Watergate plumbers were jimmying open Daniel Ellsberg's safe and the lock on Frank Mankiewicz's office at the Watergate.

What Were They Thinking? Christopher Buckley 2010

I came of age at about the time the Watergate plumbers were jimmying open Daniel Ellsberg's safe and the lock on Frank Mankiewicz's office at the Watergate.

What Were They Thinking? Christopher Buckley 2010