pries in English

verb

1

inquire too closely into a person's private affairs.

I'm sick of you prying into my personal life

synonyms: inquire impertinently, be inquisitive, be curious, poke around/about, ferret (about/around), spy, be a busybody, eavesdrop, listen in, tap someone's phone, intrude, stick/poke one's nose in/into, be nosy, nose, snoop

2

use force in order to move or open (something) or to separate (something) from something else.

using a screwdriver, he pried open the window

synonyms: lever, jimmy, prize, wrench, wrest, twist

noun

crowbar, pry bar

verb

inquire impertinently, lever, wring, horn in, prize
inquire impertinently, be inquisitive, be curious, poke around/about, ferret (about/around), spy, be a busybody, eavesdrop, listen in, tap someone's phone, intrude, stick/poke one's nose in/into, be nosy, nose, snoop
lever, jimmy, prize, wrench, wrest, twist
wring, wrest, worm out, screw, squeeze, extract, prize, winkle out
horn in, poke, intrude, nose
prize, lever, jimmy

Use "pries" in a sentence

1. Choose from latest Indian Armlets and Bajuband collection in stone studded, beads, kundan work and more at unbeatable pries

2. Scrum [Rising and Janoff, 2000], eXtreme programming [Beck, 2000], Amethodical systems development [Truex et al., 2000], and short cycle time system development [Baskerville and Pries-Heje, 2004]