loitering
Example Sentences
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“We don’t like having anyone loitering around the entrance.”
From Literature
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Some were held on loitering charges, while others were detained over their perceived "incorrigibility."
From Barron's
By then police had arrested dozens of pro-democracy figures, including many of “my dearest friends and colleagues,” she says, and she noticed what looked like a police vehicle loitering outside her home.
About 75 tankers are loitering in Venezuelan waters, and half are on Treasury’s blacklist for sanctions violators, according to TankerTrackers.com.
Geyser was found with a man at the truck stop just outside of Chicago - and about 170 miles south of Madison - after police received reports of a man and woman loitering.
From BBC
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