noun
- a short crowbar used by burglars to force open doors or windows
Usage: British
verb
- to force open with a crowbar or similar tool
Usage: British
Examples
- The burglar used a jemmy to break into the house.
- Police found a jemmy in the suspect’s bag.
- He jemmied the window open when he was locked out.
- The old door was jemmied off its hinges.
- She kept a small jemmy in her toolkit for emergencies.
- The thieves jemmied their way into the warehouse.