merodear
/meɾodeˈaɾ/ · B2 · verb
to prowl, to skulk
🐺 merodear ≈ 'merry-oh-dare': a dare to sneak around and loot
From Old Spanish 'merodio', tied to 'merodeador', a roving plunderer. Link the sound 'mero-dear' to a wolf that lingers near a farm at night: it loiters, stalks, and raids. Any idle skulking with bad intent is merodear.