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The lock's problem, not the lock's algebra.
means A hand-operated tool with long handles and short, angled jaws that uses leverage to shear through metal bolts, chains, and padlocks.
from Straightforward compound of 'bolt' (a metal fastening pin or shaft, from Old English 'bolt') and 'cutter' (one that cuts, from 'cut,' whose own roots are murky — no confirmed source before Middle English). The tool's design is pure physics, not wordplay: long handles multiply force onto a short cutting edge, so the name just tells you plainly what it does to what.
- physics trick
- compound hinges multiply hand force tenfold.
- security flaw
- most locks are rated to resist picking, not leverage.
- legal status
- legal to own, suspicious to carry at 2am.
- heist cliche
- appears in every movie right before the alarm doesn't go off.