skulk
verb [I usually + adv/prep] /skʌlk/Definition
› to hide or move around as if trying not to be seen, usually with bad intentions: I thought I saw someone skulking in the bushes - perhaps we should call the police.Hiding and disguisingMoving to avoid being seen
(Definition of skulk verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- be holed up idiom
- camouflage noun
- cloak verb
- conceal verb
- concealment noun
- cover/hide a multitude of sins idiom
- fig leaf noun (FALSE)
- go/be run to ground idiom
- hiding noun (PLACE)
- hit the deck idiom
- hole up (somewhere) phrasal verb
- illusion noun
- patina noun
- prowl noun
- secrete verb (HIDE)
- shroud noun (HIDE)
- shroud verb
- shut sth out phrasal verb
- sidle verb
- smokescreen noun
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Hiding and disguising
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