stalker
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- noun
- /ˈstɔːkər/
- Offensive
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acosador
- The police were alerted when a stalker began to show up at the woman's workplace multiple times.
And she was killed by the stalker, very young girl, young woman.
- And she was killed by the stalker, very young girl, young woman.
- At the same time my stalker disappeared.
- I just I am an official Jennifer Aniston stalker.
- OK so she was actually stalker status.
- What kind of punch to the face does a thwarted stalker throw when he has nuclear weapons?
- You know, my stalker, Rick Rynearson wants to be Maverick.
- And they're they're definitely more people, just they're just stalkers or shoppers or comic fans.
- I have been admiring you from afar and online like a stalker that the Secret Service would take out.
- There may be a rather controlling style, but it's not scary stalker controlling.
Examples
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He's not going to turn into a stalker, is he?
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I have this stalker guy that thinks he's Prince Charming.
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And she was killed by the stalker, very young girl, young woman.
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So it's not like a weird stalker thing.
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Hey, you got a stalker.
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At the same time my stalker disappeared.
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Well, I'm working on a new novel about a stalker, of all things.
Fiction book (1996) -
I mean, it's very, very scary when you develop a stalker and like a legit stalker.
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If such a thing as a typical cyber stalker exists, Georges Debeir is it.
Academic text (1999) -
Instead, he is an obsessive and predatory stalker, one whom Buffy tries hard to shake.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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8.8
A person who follows someone secretly to watch them
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7.4
A person who secretly looks for other people's private information
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7.6
A person who moves quietly near houses to steal or cause trouble
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4.2
A person who chases someone or tries hard to get something
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7.7
A person who hides to watch others without being seen
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7.4
A person who secretly tries to find out about other people's private things
A person who follows someone secretly and tells others what they do
How Harassing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stalker comes from the verb stalk, which meant 'to move quietly' a long time ago, plus the ending -er which means 'one who does it'. So a stalker is someone who follows or watches another person in secret, often with harmful intent.