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loiter

 
 
/ˈlɔɪtər/ verb [I]

Translation

to stand in a place or walk slowly around without any purpose
amaçsız bir şekilde dolaşmak, oyalanmak
A gang of youths were loitering outside the cinema.1606
(Definition of loiter verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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