Definition of "locksmithing" [locksmithing]

• The science and art of making and defeating locks. (noun)

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• "By the end of the middle ages, today's trade that we know as locksmithing gradually developed as blacksmiths gradually took the lead in producing these items."
• "Enter Kanitra, an unlikely lobbying entrepreneur whose employers have included a GOP congressman from New Jersey, a locksmithing trade group and a Native American reservation."
• "If old lags came out literate and with a meaningful skill (other than locksmithing, which presumably many already possess) they might be less likely to re-offend."