prowler

Example Sentences

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On the contrary, he makes her eggs and gives the prowler a jump.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2023

The prowler was dressed in sneakers, pants, a jacket and a baseball cap turned backward.

From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2022

A couple in Monte Nido that night reported a prowler in their backyard.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2022

During the incident, Troyer, who is white, said he mistook the carrier, 24-year-old Sedrick Altheimer, for a prowler and called a police-only emergency dispatch hotline to report that Altheimer was threatening to kill him.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2021

There was a half-column item in a Brooklyn paper which said that Mrs. O’Leary of Williamsburg had shot a prowler in the hallway of her home.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith