Pried
/praɪd/
Definitions
- (v.) Past tense of pry: to inquire impertinently into someone's private affairs or to forcibly open something.
The detective pried into the suspect's financial records.
Forms
- pry
- pries
- prying
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Commentary
Use caution when drafting privacy-related clauses to avoid unintended implications of 'prying' into protected information.
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