To move silently and furtively

• gumshoe

  1. A sneaker or rubber overshoe.
  2. An investigator, especially a detective.
  3. To work as a detective.

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  1. A sneaker or rubber overshoe.
  2. An investigator, especially a detective.
  3. To work as a detective.

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• steal

  1. To take (the property of another) without right or permission.
  2. To present or use (someone else's words or ideas) as one's own.
  3. To get or take secretly or artfully:

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  1. To take (the property of another) without right or permission.
  2. To present or use (someone else's words or ideas) as one's own.
  3. To get or take secretly or artfully:

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• snake

  1. Any of numerous scaly, legless, sometimes venomous squamate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (or Ophidia), having a long, tapering, cylindrical body and flexible jaws.
  2. A treacherous person.
  3. A long, highly flexible metal wire or coil used for cleaning drains.

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  1. Any of numerous scaly, legless, sometimes venomous squamate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (or Ophidia), having a long, tapering, cylindrical body and flexible jaws.
  2. A treacherous person.
  3. A long, highly flexible metal wire or coil used for cleaning drains.

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• slip

  1. To move smoothly, easily, and quietly:
  2. To move stealthily; steal:
  3. To escape, as from a grasp, fastening, or restraint:

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  1. To move smoothly, easily, and quietly:
  2. To move stealthily; steal:
  3. To escape, as from a grasp, fastening, or restraint:

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• slink

  1. To move in a quiet furtive manner; sneak:
  2. To give birth to prematurely:
  3. Born prematurely.

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  1. To move in a quiet furtive manner; sneak:
  2. To give birth to prematurely:
  3. Born prematurely.

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• slide

  1. To move over a surface while maintaining smooth continuous contact.
  2. To participate in a sport that involves such movement:
  3. To lose a secure footing or positioning; slip:

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  1. To move over a surface while maintaining smooth continuous contact.
  2. To participate in a sport that involves such movement:
  3. To lose a secure footing or positioning; slip:

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• skulk

  1. To lie in hiding, as out of cowardice or bad conscience; lurk.
  2. To move about stealthily.
  3. To evade work or obligation; shirk.

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  1. To lie in hiding, as out of cowardice or bad conscience; lurk.
  2. To move about stealthily.
  3. To evade work or obligation; shirk.

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• pussyfoot

  1. To move stealthily or cautiously.
  2. To act or proceed cautiously or timidly to avoid committing oneself.

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  1. To move stealthily or cautiously.
  2. To act or proceed cautiously or timidly to avoid committing oneself.

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• prowl

  1. To roam through stealthily, as in search of prey or plunder:
  2. To rove furtively or with predatory intent:
  3. The act or an instance of prowling.

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  1. To roam through stealthily, as in search of prey or plunder:
  2. To rove furtively or with predatory intent:
  3. The act or an instance of prowling.

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• mouse

  1. Any of numerous small rodents of the families Muridae and Cricetidae, such as the house mouse, characteristically having a pointed snout, small rounded ears, and a long naked or almost hairless tail.
  2. Any of various similar or related animals, such as the jumping mouse, the vole, or the jerboa.
  3. A cowardly or timid person.

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  1. Any of numerous small rodents of the families Muridae and Cricetidae, such as the house mouse, characteristically having a pointed snout, small rounded ears, and a long naked or almost hairless tail.
  2. Any of various similar or related animals, such as the jumping mouse, the vole, or the jerboa.
  3. A cowardly or timid person.

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• lurk

  1. To wait out of view:
  2. To move furtively; sneak:
  3. To exist unobserved or unsuspected:

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  1. To wait out of view:
  2. To move furtively; sneak:
  3. To exist unobserved or unsuspected:

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• glide

  1. To move in a smooth, effortless manner:
  2. To move silently and furtively:
  3. To occur or pass imperceptibly:

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  1. To move in a smooth, effortless manner:
  2. To move silently and furtively:
  3. To occur or pass imperceptibly:

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• creep

  1. To move with the body close to the ground, as on hands and knees.
  2. To move stealthily or cautiously.
  3. To move or proceed very slowly:

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  1. To move with the body close to the ground, as on hands and knees.
  2. To move stealthily or cautiously.
  3. To move or proceed very slowly:

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To bring in or take out secretly

• spirit

  1. A force or principle believed to animate living beings.
  2. A force or principle believed to animate humans and often to endure after departing from the body of a person at death; the soul.
  3. The Holy Spirit.

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  1. A force or principle believed to animate living beings.
  2. A force or principle believed to animate humans and often to endure after departing from the body of a person at death; the soul.
  3. The Holy Spirit.

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• smuggle

  1. To bring into a country (a prohibited item) secretively and intentionally, in violation of the law.
  2. To bring into a country (an item) secretively and intentionally without declaring the item to customs officials and paying the associated duties or taxes on it, in violation of the law.
  3. To bring in or take out illicitly or by stealth:

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  1. To bring into a country (a prohibited item) secretively and intentionally, in violation of the law.
  2. To bring into a country (an item) secretively and intentionally without declaring the item to customs officials and paying the associated duties or taxes on it, in violation of the law.
  3. To bring in or take out illicitly or by stealth:

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One who behaves in a stealthy, furtive way

• weasel

  1. Any of various carnivorous mammals of the genus Mustela, having a long slender body, a long tail, short legs, and brownish fur that in many species turns white in winter.
  2. A person regarded as sneaky or treacherous.
  3. To be evasive; equivocate.

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  1. Any of various carnivorous mammals of the genus Mustela, having a long slender body, a long tail, short legs, and brownish fur that in many species turns white in winter.
  2. A person regarded as sneaky or treacherous.
  3. To be evasive; equivocate.

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• sneaker

  1. One who sneaks.
  2. A shoe designed for outdoor activity, usually made of canvas with a rubber sole.

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  1. One who sneaks.
  2. A shoe designed for outdoor activity, usually made of canvas with a rubber sole.

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• prowler

  1. One who roves about for prey; one who prowls.

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  1. One who roves about for prey; one who prowls.

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