ganzúa

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque gantzua.

Noun

ganzúa f (plural ganzúas)

  1. lock pick (device)
    • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:
      Para robar en el futuro sin necesidad de ganzúa, es conveniente sacar en cera virgen los modelos de las llaves de todas las casas que se visiten.
      To rob in the future without needing a lock pick, it is convenient to make virgin wax models of the keys of all the houses that one visits.
    • 2015 November 6, “Columna”, in El País‎:
      Es como una ganzúa para abrir una caja de caudales, pero que no necesariamente debe publicarse como tal, aunque habrá entrevistadores que sostendrán que es mejor no revelar qué sabemos para pillar desprevenido al estadista.
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  2. lock pick (person)

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