Even tombs were invaded by them in their rapacity, as at Granada, where the leaden coffins in the royal vaults were Pried open with bayonets in search of treasures supposed to have been buried with the bodies.
"The Pearl of India"
Maturin M. Ballou
Our curious eyes would fain have Pried within; but it was closed with the impression of the archbishop's signet.
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner
All these precautions were highly necessary, as the behaviour of the keeper had proved; for when he came into my chamber in the morning, as he did early with his customary attendants, he searched and Pried about with all the assiduity of suspicion.
"Anna St. Ives"
Thomas Holcroft