prowl
Speech parts
1. prowl - Noun
2. prowl - Verb
Meaning
To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; esp., to search in, as for prey or booty.
To collect by plunder; as, to prowl money.
To rove or wander stealthily, esp. for prey, as a wild beast; hence, to prey; to plunder.
The act of prowling.
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The suspicious stranger prowls the streets of the town
Above-average temperatures in December and January mean ticks could be on the prowl.
According to Okah-Donli, while illegal organ harvesters and traffickers are on the prowl, law enforcement agencies are quick to rule cases of removal of human body parts as “ritual killing”.
Acute senses of smell and hearing give antelope the ability to perceive danger at night out in the open (when predators are often on the prowl).
Manning "1970s" in Gilbert (2012), p. 107: "Spider-Man wasn't exactly sure what to think about his luck when he met a beautiful new thief on the prowl named the Black Cat, courtesy of a story by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Keith Pollard."
This guy is on the prowl, eyeing every lady’s left ring finger in his search of a wedding fling.