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prowl

verb as in move stealthily

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Soundless, but titled “The listening dimension,” the installation demands being alert — like a human animal on the prowl, one could say, a beast who depends on being acutely observant for survival.

Police logged the incident as a hot prowl, meaning a resident was home during the break-in.

A series of “hot prowl” home burglaries in Silver Lake and East Hollywood has continued to spread, with police saying the break-ins are becoming more sexual in nature.

Tuesday’s incident comes on the heels of a string of weekend burglaries police described as “hot prowl” — meaning the home invasions took place while the residents were inside.

Officers who had been alerted to a “hot prowl” apprehended a man in his 30s.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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