Prowler

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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
     {GFR}, {reaper}, {skulker}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  prowler
       
          ({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)