pry

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pry1

▶verb (pries, prying, pried) enquire too intrusively into a person's private affairs.

– derivatives
prying adjective,
pryingly adverb.

– origin ME (in the sense ‘peer inquisitively’): of unknown origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pry2

▶verb (pries, prying, pried) chiefly N. Amer. another term for prise.

– origin C19: from prise, interpreted as pries, third person sing. of the pres. tense.