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prowler

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prowl  (proul)
v. prowled, prowl·ing, prowls
v.tr.
To roam through stealthily, as in search of prey or plunder: prowled the alleys of the city after dark.
v.intr.
To rove furtively or with predatory intent: cats prowling through the neighborhood.
n.
The act or an instance of prowling.
Idiom:
on the prowl
Actively looking for something: salespeople on the prowl for better jobs.
[Middle English prollen, to move about.]
prowler n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.prowlerprowler - someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions
sneak, stalker
interloper, intruder, trespasser - someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
Translations

prowler [ˈprauləʳ] n → merodeador(a) m/f
prowler [ˈprauləʳ] n → rôdeur/euse
prowler [ˈprauləʳ] prowl n → Herumtreiber m
prowler [ˈprauləʳ] n → tipo sospetto (che s'aggira con l'intenzione di rubare, aggredire etc)
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A moon so little less than full that the eye could barely detect its slight tendency to become concave, shone serenely, creating a desirable combination of black shadows where the prowler might hide and great stretches of light in which the prowler might reveal his wickedness without disguise.
Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
I did not dare follow him there beneath the moonlight, since it best suited my plans not to interrupt his--I wished him to reach his destination unsuspecting, that I might learn just where that destination lay and the business that awaited the night prowler there.
Warlord of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
There were then in circulation, strange stories of a surly monk, a nocturnal prowler about the streets of Paris, and they recurred confusedly to his memory.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
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