ピッキング盗とう

noun

burglary by lock picking

Refers to the act of breaking into a building by picking the lock. Often used in news reports and crime contexts.

See also: ピッキング

• ピッキング盗とうの被ひ害がいが増ふえている。

  The number of burglaries by lock picking is increasing.

• 警けい察さつはピッキング盗とうの手て口ぐちを詳くわしく調しらべている。

  The police are investigating the method of the lock-picking burglary in detail.

noun

lock-picking burglar; lock picker

Refers to the person who commits burglary by picking locks. Less common than the act sense, but used in crime reporting.

• ピッキング盗とうが昨さく夜や逮たい捕ほされた。

  A lock-picking burglar was arrested last night.