Today’s “Word of the Day” is pry and it is a verb meaning “try to find out (private) information of others; ferret out with difficulty, poke nose into, spy on; pry (another term for prise) also means to open, move, separate something (forcefully with a tool)”.
Example Sentence: The cousin, Rami Makhlouf, of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad posted a video on Facebook late on Thursday pleading with the Syrian leader to prevent the collapse of his telecommunication company through what he called excessive and “unjust” taxation. The unprecedented video pries open what has been rumoured as a major rift in the tight-knit Assad family, which has ruled Syria for nearly 50 years.
This word is present in The Hindu Opinion article Cousin pleads to Syrian President to save firm and click here to read it.
Example Sentence: (for another term prise); She used a spoon to pry/prise open the lid of her lunch box.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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