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on the prowlProwling around in search of prey: there is a serial killer on the prowl...- Worried that there was a thief on the prowl, hotel owner Hazel Hart immediately ordered a search of the building.
- Affluent professionals living in the city centre are being targeted by thieves on the prowl for rich pickings at plush apartments.
- Could a panther be on the prowl in West End's Itchen Valley Country Park where dog walkers and joggers normally freely roam?
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