Stalking

//ˈstɔːkɪŋ//

Synonyms for "stalking" (69 found)

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Closest matches (14)

stalk chase chevy chivy clandestine behavior clandestinity coursing covertness cynegetics dogging domiciliary visit dragnet exploration falconry

Strong matches (21)

follow follow up follow-up following forage fox hunting frisk furtiveness gunning harassment hawking house-search hue and cry hunt hunting perquisition posse probe prosecution prowl

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prowling

Related words (34)

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6 relation types

More general

6 entries

chase following hunt hunting pursual pursuit

Synonyms

2 entries

harassment stalk

derived

4 entries

deer stalking face-stalking stalking horse stalking-horse

form of

1 entries

stalk

is a

1 entries

chasing

related to

17 entries

ambush crime death false accusation fear following game harass hunt injury mobbing moving person silently stalk stealthily

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Translations

16 translations across 10 languages.

Dutch

1 entries

stalking noun (crime of following or harassing)

Finnish

2 entries

piinaaminen noun (crime of following or harassing)
vainoaminen noun (crime of following or harassing)

French

2 entries

égrappage noun (removal of stalks)
éraflage noun (removal of stalks)

German

2 entries

Nachstellung noun (crime of following or harassing)
Stalking noun (crime of following or harassing)

Japanese

1 entries

ストーキング noun (crime of following or harassing)

Korean

1 entries

스토킹 noun (crime of following or harassing)

Polish

3 entries

nękanie noun (crime of following or harassing)
odszypułkowywanie noun (removal of stalks)
stalking noun (crime of following or harassing)

Russian

2 entries

ста́лкерство noun (crime of following or harassing)
ста́лкинг noun (crime of following or harassing)

Tagalog

1 entries

panunubaybay noun (crime of following or harassing)

Urdu

1 entries

غیر مجاز تعاقب noun (crime of following or harassing)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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That you should be stalking Hanako! You'd been quiet recently so I'd let my guard down.

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Thanks to Facebook, stalking is no longer the bastion of a few devoted enthusiasts, but a highly automated task convenient enough even for the busy housewife.

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It's just a stalking horse for raising taxes.

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Tom finally had to get a restraining order because Mary kept stalking him.

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