jimmed

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English that he was the secretary of the tailors 'union, and they had a strike, and a few days ago their offices had been raided at night, the door "jimmed" open and the desk rifled of all the papers and records.

They Call Me Carpenter Upton Sinclair 1923
Perhaps for that reason it was that trouble with drilling crews had arisen, and that one well had been "jimmed"; perhaps that explained why a deal as good as closed had gotten away, why a certain lease had cost fully double what it should have cost, and why the sale of another tract had not gone through.

Flowing Gold Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
Encased in metal ... and no doors, windows, vents, etc. that can be jimmed or broken open easily.

RV CAMP GROUNDS 2006
"Oh, no! The radiator is jimmed up from running into something ..."

Corpse in the Camera Crayne, J. D. 2003