SKULKING Synonyms

• the activity of keeping something secret

• the state of being hidden

• not openly expressed

• a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush

• the act of following prey stealthily

• lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner

• be about a place without any apparent purpose

• wait in hiding to attack

• to monitor a web forum or similar without making your presence pubilc

• the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner)

• move about in or as if in a predatory manner

• loiter about, with no apparent aim

• walk stealthily

• the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)

• body covering of a living animal

• prevent from being seen or discovered

• be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety

• cover as if with a shroud

• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

• avoid (one's assigned duties)

• avoid dealing with

• a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible

• someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions

• someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police

• marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed

• to go stealthily or furtively

• put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner

• make off with belongings of others

• pass on stealthily

• an advantageous purchase

• a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)

• take without the owner's consent

• move stealthily

• steal a base

• lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner

• be about a place without any apparent purpose

• wait in hiding to attack

• to monitor a web forum or similar without making your presence pubilc

• avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill