merodear

v.

to snoop, to prowl.

Nos merodea la mafia The Mafia marauds around us.

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merodear

► verbo intransitivo

1 (curiosear) to prowl about

2 MILITAR to maraud

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VI

1) (=rondar) to prowl (about); [pandillas, tropas] to maraud

vio a un hombre merodeando entre los coches — she saw a man prowling around among the cars

2) Méx to make money by illicit means

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verbo intransitivo to prowl

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= hang around, loiter (about/around), loaf (about/around), bum around, prowl, hang about.

Ex. His characters are gullible and easily led, dependent on the kindness of strangers and vulnerable to parasites and touts who hang around train stations and hotels.

Ex. A high-pitched sound said to be only audible to young people will be used to deter teenagers from loitering at night.

Ex. The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about.

Ex. He spent his early twenties bumming around the world and became fascinated by the differences and similarities in all of us.

Ex. Told in rhyme, this is the story of a slinky black cat who prowls at night and becomes a thief.

Ex. A new report says that we waste three hours a day faffing around, doing nothing in particular, pootling, dawdling, pottering, hanging about.

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verbo intransitivo to prowl

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= hang around, loiter (about/around), loaf (about/around), bum around, prowl, hang about.

Ex: His characters are gullible and easily led, dependent on the kindness of strangers and vulnerable to parasites and touts who hang around train stations and hotels.

Ex: A high-pitched sound said to be only audible to young people will be used to deter teenagers from loitering at night.

Ex: The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about.

Ex: He spent his early twenties bumming around the world and became fascinated by the differences and similarities in all of us.

Ex: Told in rhyme, this is the story of a slinky black cat who prowls at night and becomes a thief.

Ex: A new report says that we waste three hours a day faffing around, doing nothing in particular, pootling, dawdling, pottering, hanging about.

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merodear [A1 ]

vi

to prowl

lo vi merodeando por aquí I saw him prowling around here

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merodear (conjugate merodear) verbo intransitivo
to prowl
merodear verbo intransitivo to prowl, loiter: le he visto merodeando por aquí antes, I've seen him prowling around here before
'merodear' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
rondar
English:
hover
- loiter
- lurk
- prowl
- skulk

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merodear vi

to snoop, to prowl (por about)

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merodear

v/i loiter

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merodear vi

1) : to maraud, to pillage

2) : to prowl around, to skulk