| Main Entry: | prowl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move stealthily |
Synonyms: |
cruise, hunt, lurk, nose around, patrol, range, roam, rove, scavenge, skulk, slink, snake, sneak, stalk, steal, stroll, tramp |
Antonyms: |
rush |
| Main Entry: | burglary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stealing from residence, business |
Synonyms: |
break-in, breaking and entering, caper, crime, filching, heist, housebreaking, larceny, owl job, pilferage, prowl, robbery, safecracking, second-story work, sting, theft, thieving |
| Notes: | burglary can take place when the victim is not there and is the theft of property without the owner being aware of the crime; in robbery, the victim is present and is confronted |
| Main Entry: | hunt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look, search for |
Synonyms: |
be on the lookout, cast about, delve, drag, examine, ferret out, fish for, forage, go after, grope, inquire, interrogate, investigate, look all over hell, look high and low, nose around, probe, prowl, quest, question, ransack, rummage, run down, scour, scratch around, search high heaven, seek, sift, trace, trail, try to find, winnow |
Antonyms: |
ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | jaunt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expedition |
Synonyms: |
adventure, airing, amble, beat, canter, circuit, constitutional, course, cruise, drive, excursion, frolic, gallop, hike, jog, journey, junket, march, outing, patrol, peregrination, picnic, promenade, prowl, ramble, ride, round, roundabout, run, safari, sally, saunter, stroll, tour, tramp, travel, trek, trip, turn, voyage, walk |
| Main Entry: | lurk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide; move stealthily |
Synonyms: |
conceal oneself, creep, crouch, go furtively, gumshoe, lie in wait, prowl, skulk, slide, slink, slip, snake, sneak, snoop, stay hidden, steal, wait |
Antonyms: |
come out |
| Main Entry: | plunder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ravage, steal |
Synonyms: |
appropriate, burn, depredate, despoil, devastate, fleece, forage, foray, grab, gut, kip, knock off, knock over, lay waste, liberate, lift, loft, loot, maraud, moonlight requisition, pillage, prey, prowl, raid, ransack, relieve, requisition, rifle, rip off, rob, sack, salvage, smash and grab, snatch, spoil, stick up, strip |
Antonyms: |
give, receive |
| Main Entry: | pussyfoot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be cautious |
Synonyms: |
avoid, be noncommittal, beat around the bush, creep, dodge, duck the issues, equivocate, evade, glide, hedge, hem and haw, lurk, play it close to the vest, prevaricate, prowl, shuffle, sidestep, sit on the fence, skirt, skulk, slide, slink, slip, sneak, steal, tergiversate, tergiverse, tiptoe, tread warily, watch one's step, weasel |
Antonyms: |
plod |
| Main Entry: | range |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wander, roam |
Synonyms: |
circumambulate, cover, cross, cruise, drift, encompass, explore, float, follow one's nose, gallivant, globe-trot, hit the road, hit the trail, make circuit, meander, pass over, ply, prowl, ramble, reach, reconnoiter, rove, scour, search, spread, straggle, stray, stroll, sweep, traipse, tramp, travel, traverse, trek |
Antonyms: |
be direct |
| Main Entry: | roam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wander about |
Synonyms: |
bum around, bum*, drift, gad, gallivant, hike, hit the road, knock around, meander, peregrinate, prowl, ramble, range, rove, saunter, straggle, stray, stroll, struggle along, traipse, tramp, travel, traverse, trek, vagabond, walk |
| Main Entry: | seek |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look for |
Synonyms: |
be after, beat the bushes, bird-dog, bob for, cast about, chase, comb, delve, delve for, dig for, dragnet, explore, fan, ferret out, fish, fish for, follow, go after, gun for, hunt, inquire, investigate, leave no stone unturned, look about, look around, look high and low, mouse, nose*, prowl, pursue, quest, ransack, root, run after, scout, scratch, search for, search out, sniff out, track down |
Antonyms: |
find |