Anagrams of: HANDPICK

• take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

• one who works hard at boring tasks

• a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

• a mediocre and disdained writer

• a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil

• a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

• an old or over-worked horse

• a horse kept for hire

• a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.

• cut with a hacking tool

• be able to manage or manage successfully

• cut away

• kick on the arms

• kick on the shins

• fix a computer program piecemeal until it works

• significantly cut up a manuscript

• cough spasmodically

• a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture

• awkwardly simple and provincial

• a coarse homespun cotton cloth made in India

• the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

• the person or thing chosen or selected

• the quantity of a crop that is harvested

• the best people or things in a group

• the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

• a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument

• a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material

• a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends

• a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body

• the act of choosing or selecting

• select carefully from a group

• look for and gather

• harass with constant criticism

• provoke

• remove in small bits

• remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits

• pilfer or rob

• pay for something

• pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

• attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example

• hit lightly with a picking motion

• eat intermittently; take small bites of

• a large indefinite quantity

• a complete collection of similar things

• a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)

• an association of criminals

• an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

• a group of hunting animals

• a cream that cleanses and tones the skin

• a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect

• a bundle (especially one carried on the back)

• arrange in a container

• fill to capacity

• compress into a wad

• carry, as on one's back

• set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome

• have with oneself; have on one's person

• press tightly together or cram

• hike with a backpack

• press down tightly

• seal with packing

• have the property of being packable or of compacting easily

• load with a pack

• treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood

• a painful or straitened circumstance

• an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed

• a slight but appreciable amount

• a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action

• a small sharp bite or snip

• a squeeze with the fingers

• the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

• squeeze tightly between the fingers

• make ridges into by pinching together

• make off with belongings of others

• cut the top off

• irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear