Robbers prowl around at midnight.
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Prowl
//pɹaʊl//
Synonyms for "prowl" (94 found)
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38 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- дебна verb (to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty)
- кръстосвам verb (to idle; to go about aimlessly)
- обикалям verb (to idle; to go about aimlessly)
Catalan
1 entries- aguaitar verb (to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 徘徊 verb (to idle; to go about aimlessly)
Esperanto
1 entries- ĉirkaŭvagi verb (to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty)
Finnish
4 entries- hengailla verb (to idle; to go about aimlessly)
- kuljeskella verb (to idle; to go about aimlessly)
- vaania verb (to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty)
- väijyä verb (to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty)
French
1 entries- rôder verb (to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty)
German
3 entries- durchstreifen verb (to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty)
- herumstreifen verb (to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty)
- herumstreifen verb (to idle; to go about aimlessly)
Greek
1 entries- στριφογυρίζω verb (to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty)
Hungarian
3 entries- kóborol verb (to idle; to go about aimlessly)
- lófrál verb (to idle; to go about aimlessly)
- portyázik verb (to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty)
Italian
1 entries- aggirarsi verb (to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- uzungulia verb (to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty)
Polish
4 entries- grasowanie noun (the act of prowling)
- grabić verb (to collect by plunder)
- grasować verb (to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty)
- wałęsać się verb (to idle; to go about aimlessly)
Portuguese
1 entries- perambular verb (to idle; to go about aimlessly)
Russian
4 entries- броди́ть verb (to idle; to go about aimlessly)
- ры́скать verb (to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty)
- шля́ться verb (to idle; to go about aimlessly)
- шныря́ть verb (to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- èalaidh verb (to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty)
- èalaidh verb (to idle; to go about aimlessly)
Spanish
3 entries- acechar verb (to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty)
- aguaitar verb (to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty)
- merodear verb (to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty)
Ukrainian
3 entries- ни́шпорити verb (to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty)
- ника́ти verb (to idle; to go about aimlessly)
- пони́шпорити verb (to rove about in a stealthy manner as in search for prey or booty)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Then fury spurred their courage, and behold, / As ravening wolves, when darkness hides the day, / Stung with mad fire of famine uncontrolled, / Prowl from their dens, and leave the whelps to stay, / With jaws athirst and gaping for the prey. / So to sure death, amid the darkness there, / Where swords, and spears, and foemen bar the way, / Into the centre of the town we fare. / Night with her shadowy cone broods o'er the vaulted air.
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Go, but a hungry wolf might prowl around there.
Source: tatoeba (10795332)
Grave robbers prowl cemeteries at night, selling stolen treasures to black market collectors.
Source: tatoeba (13585708)
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