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0 to move around quietly in a place trying not to be seen or heard, such as an animal does when hunting:
There have been reports of a masked man prowling in the neighbourhood.
At night, adult scorpions prowl the desert for (= trying to catch) insects.
informal Unable to sleep, he prowled (= walked without purpose) (about/around) the hotel corridors.
1 to be moving around quietly in a place trying not to be seen or heard:
There was a fox on the prowl earlier.
2 to move around an area quietly and secretly, as when hunting:
[ T ] At night, scorpions prowl the desert for insects.
[ I ] There have been reports of a man prowling in the neighborhood.
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