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1 prowl
(to move about stealthily in order to steal, attack, catch etc: Tigers were prowling in the jungle.) snige sig rundt- prowler- be on the prowl* * *(to move about stealthily in order to steal, attack, catch etc: Tigers were prowling in the jungle.) snige sig rundt- prowler- be on the prowl
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