slinking

present participle of slink
as in lurking
to move about in a sly or secret manner like a thief slinking about in the middle of the night

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“Slinking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slinking. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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