Prowler
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Prowler![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Prowler \Prowl"er\, n. One that prowls. --Thomson. [1913 Webster] Source: WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
prowler
n 1: someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful
intentions [syn: prowler, sneak, stalker]
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 32 Moby Thesaurus words for "prowler": body snatcher, booster, chicken thief, con man, crook, den of thieves, embezzler, filcher, ganef, ghoul, grafter, grave robber, jewel thief, land pirate, land shark, land-grabber, larcener, larcenist, lifter, peculator, petty thief, pilferer, poacher, purloiner, robber, scrounger, shoplifter, sneak thief, stealer, swindler, thief, white-collar thief Source: The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)
prowler
n.
[Unix] A daemon that is run periodically (typically once a week) to seek
out and erase core files, truncate administrative logfiles, nuke
lost+found directories, and otherwise clean up the cruft that tends to
pile up in the corners of a file system. See also reaper, skulker.
Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 July 2010) prowler skulker (Unix) A daemon that is run periodically (typically once a week) to seek out and erase core files, truncate administrative logfiles, nuke "lost+found" directories, and otherwise clean up the cruft that tends to pile up in the corners of a file system. See also GFR, reaper, skulker. (1995-02-14) Matching Word(s) Prower Growler Proller Prowled growler
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