prowler

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

prowler
    n 1: someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful
         intentions [syn: {prowler}, {sneak}, {stalker}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Prowler \Prowl"er\, n.
   One that prowls. --Thomson.
   [1913 Webster]

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

prowler
 n.

   [Unix] A {daemon} that is run periodically (typically once a week) to
   seek out and erase {core} files, truncate administrative logfiles,
   nuke lost+found directories, and otherwise clean up the {cruft} that
   tends to pile up in the corners of a file system. See also {reaper},
   {skulker}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

prowler
skulker

   ({Unix}) A {daemon} that is run periodically (typically once a
   week) to seek out and erase {core} files, truncate
   administrative logfiles, nuke "lost+found" directories, and
   otherwise clean up the {cruft} that tends to pile up in the
   corners of a file system.

   See also {GFR}, {reaper}, {skulker}.

   (1995-02-14)

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

32 Moby Thesaurus words for "prowler":
      body snatcher, booster, chicken thief, con man, crook,
      den of thieves, embezzler, filcher, ganef, ghoul, grafter,
      grave robber, jewel thief, land pirate, land shark, land-grabber,
      larcener, larcenist, lifter, peculator, petty thief, pilferer,
      poacher, purloiner, robber, scrounger, shoplifter, sneak thief,
      stealer, swindler, thief, white-collar thief

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