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1. To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
   - pry, prize [N. Amer], lever, jimmy [N. Amer], jemmy
    
2. Make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
   - pry, prize
    
3. Regard highly; think much of
   - respect, esteem, value, prize
    
4. Hold dear
   - prize, value, treasure, appreciate

1. Goods or money obtained illegally
   - loot, booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money
    
2. Something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
   - prize, award
    
3. Something given as a token of victory
   - trophy, prize

1. Of superior grade
   - choice, prime, prize, quality, select

Sounds like: prize, pries

Derived forms: prises, prised, prising

See also: superior

Type of: accolade, award, consider, extort, fete, fête, gift, honor [US], honour [Brit, Cdn], laurels, open, open up, reckon, regard, see, stolen property, view, wring from