skulk
verb (used without object)
to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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When the church fell in England, architecture was abolished—But as to why I am in Norfolk at all, I am skulking: and here is as another place.
From The Lord of the Sea by Shiel, M. P. (Matthew Phipps)