Verb
brivet (third-person singular simple present brivets, present participle briveting or brivetting, simple past and past participle briveted or brivetted)
(intransitive, Britain, West Midlands) To wander an area, or look through items, without specific purpose or to satisfy idle curiosity, especially in a furtive and illicit manner.
Once Melanie had left the house, I entered her bedroom and began to brivet around.