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• n  offensive inquisitiveness
• v  to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
• v  be nosey
• v  search or inquire in a meddlesome way
• v  make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
• s  offensively curious or inquisitive
  prying eyes

• A young California Congressman named Richard Nixon became a national figure by prying information out of the reluctant witness.
• But above all, Michael Joseph Jackson's family will take comfort in knowing that their often reclusive son will probably be undisturbed by prying fans and press.
• After prying open a door blocked for thousands of years, "We found ourselves in a corridor," Weeks says.

• nosiness
• snoopiness
• pry
• prise
• prize
• lever
• jimmy
• intrude
• horn in
• nose
• poke
• nosy
• nosey
• snoopy

News & Articles

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• Prying Doc Rivers away from Celtics tough task
  Prying Doc Rivers away from Celtics tough task
  June 15, 2013 - CBS Sports
• Obama political value unclear amid controversy
  MIAMI (AP) — President Barack Obama put his second term appeal to the test Wednesday, seeking to boost Democrats in Boston and Miami both as a fundraiser and as a political drawing card, even while trailed by controversies over government prying.
  June 12, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Obama political value unclear amid controversy - Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, Sports
  BOSTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is putting his second term appeal to the test, seeking to boost Democrats in Boston and Miami on Wednesday both as a fundraiser and as a political drawing card, even while trailed by controversies over government prying.
  June 12, 2013 - Quincy Herald-Whig

Quotes

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• Clive Stafford Smith in guardian.co.uk
  Clive Stafford Smith, Reprieve's legal director, said: "They choose ships to try to keep their misconduct as far as possible from the prying eyes of the media and lawyers. We will eventually reunite these ghost prisoners with their legal rights. By...
• Amitabh Bachchan in Masala
  The prying electronic media positioned themselves at vantage points to invade private space inside our home. It is callous, abhorrent act. Our privacy was invaded without our consent,Amitabh told IANS.
• Phil Mushnick in SportsBusiness Daily (subscription)
  In NY, Phil Mushnick writes by the time James announced his choice, the "whole thing seemed less suspenseful than Geraldo Rivera prying open Al Capone's vault" (NY POST, 7/9).