prowl
prowl / proul/ • v. [tr.] (of a person or animal) move around (a place) in search of or as if in search of prey: black bears prowl the canyons. ∎ [intr.] (of a person or animal) move stealthily or restlessly as or like a hunter: committee members prowling around the offices at night with flashlights.• n. an act of prowling: I met her once on one of my off-duty bookstore prowls.PHRASES: on the prowl (of a person or animal) moving around in search or as if in search of prey.
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