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sneak

(sn/i/k )

a person who is regarded as underhanded and furtive and contemptible(noun.person)

source: wordnet30
someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions(noun.person)

Synonym:
prowler, stalker

source: wordnet30
someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police(noun.person)

Synonym:
canary, fink, sneaker, snitch, snitcher, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon

source: wordnet30
A mean, sneaking fellow.(noun)

source: webster1913

to go stealthily or furtively(verb.motion)

Example:
..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house.

Synonym:
creep, mouse, pussyfoot

source: wordnet30
put, bring, or take in a secretive or furtive manner(verb.social)

Example:
Sneak a look.
Sneak a cigarette.

source: wordnet30
make off with belongings of others(verb.possession)

Synonym:
abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, swipe

source: wordnet30
pass on stealthily(verb.possession)

Synonym:
slip

source: wordnet30
To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company.(verb)

source: webster1913
To hide, esp. in a mean or cowardly manner.(verb)

source: webster1913

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