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"allow them to prize registration and identification information from a ‘target’"

Tripped up on this phrase; dusting myself off, I believe the writer meant "pry".

Although rather uncommon prize can also mean "the act of seizing; capture".

Is that not prise?

UK prise, US prize

Thanks, I had a nagging feeling I was missing something. I would have recognized the British spelling ...

"Prize" can be used as a synonym for "pry" as a transitive verb.