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n. - The act of following prey stealthily; A hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush.

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  • Verb (used without object) : He was so angry he stalked away without saying goodbye. ,Famine stalked through the nation
  • Verb (used with object) : to stalk the woods for game. ,Disease stalked the land
  • Noun : We shot the mountain goat after a five-hour stalk
  • This form of stalking is egregious and needs to end.
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