A prowler is someone who secretly follows people or hides near their houses, especially at night, in order to steal something, frighten them, or perhaps harm them.
Examples of 'prowler' in a sentence
prowler
It was lying around in that house for hours... And nephew Julian is a prowler.
Meek, M R D IN REMEMBRANCE OF ROSE
She wouldn't leave it lying around for some casual prowler to find.
Tapply, William G THE DUTCH BLUE ERROR
All the evidence pointed to a prowler and a competent cop should have realized it would, before staging some kind of object-lesson.