the.com/prowler
A car that got demoted to foot patrol and never forgave the neighborhood.
means Someone who moves stealthily around a place, usually at night and usually up to no good, scouting before they strike.
from Comes from 'prowl,' a Middle English verb (prollen) meaning to go about in search of plunder or game — its roots before that are murky, possibly tangled up with 'prolle,' to rummage or ransack. Add the agent suffix '-er' and you get the one who does the prowling: the restless shape at the edge of the porch light.
- legal term
- a suspicious person loitering with intent to commit crime
- report trigger
- most calls involve zero actual crime, just vibes
- also a car
- plymouth made a retro hot rod named this in 1997
- etymology
- from prowl, meaning to roam stealthily for prey