stalker
a person who pursues game, prey, or a person stealthily.
a person who harasses another person, as a former lover, a famous person, etc., in an aggressive, often threatening and illegal manner: Hollywood stars often have security guards to keep dangerous stalkers at bay.
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How to use stalker in a sentence
I have a stalker—an online harasser who has moved into real-world stalking—which made me more fearful.
For example, if someone has previously encountered a stalker or otherwise abusive figure — whether on the app or off — they now have a tool to directly block them on Tinder.
Not only that, he is the lone stalker in the field, which could put him in the perfect spot to take advantage of virtually any pace picture.
Two horses that can beat Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit at the Preakness Stakes | Neil Greenberg | May 13, 2021 | Washington PostA giant networkWith Galperin’s advice, we set up a test in which my colleague played the role of a stalker and I experienced what that would look like as a target.
Apple’s AirTag trackers made it frighteningly easy to ‘stalk’ me in a test | Geoffrey Fowler | May 6, 2021 | Washington PostRepublican opposition to the bill revolves in part around closing the so-called “boyfriend loophole,” which adds dating partners and stalkers to the provision banning spouses of convicted domestic violence or abuse from owning firearms.
House votes to reauthorize landmark Violence Against Women Act | Colby Itkowitz, Marianna Sotomayor | March 17, 2021 | Washington Post
ARS identified what it called the “stalker gap,” where people convicted of stalking as a misdemeanor can still carry guns.
The Battle Is On in Gabby Giffords’s Old District | Eleanor Clift | October 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThese men are nothing like the sensitive stalker and serial killer in The Fall.
‘Stalker’ Is an Awful Warning Against the Evils of Misogyny | Sujay Kumar | October 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo the real meat of stalker, ostensibly, is the pseudo-intellectual conversation about misogyny.
‘Stalker’ Is an Awful Warning Against the Evils of Misogyny | Sujay Kumar | October 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYes, Levine plays the role of a stalker and Prinsloo that of his “prey,” but she never comes across as a victim.
Sex, Blood and Maroon 5: Pop Culture’s Wounds Run Deep | Lizzie Crocker | October 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne of the suits against Kelley charged her with defamation for calling Miller an “intimacy stalker” in her LiveJournal page.
The Mystery Woman Who Tried to Outdo Dillinger | Michael Daly | September 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYou are born for better things than to remain an obscure forester, and perhaps a deer-stalker.
The Children of the New Forest | Captain MarryatWe were almost surrounded by deer; but the greater number were small vigilant hinds, the abomination and curse of a stalker.
No modern lady in deer-stalker's costume could have shrunk less from any dangerous road than the once fastidious Paula.
The Makers of Modern Rome | Mrs. (Margaret) OliphantThe difference between these is something like, in the sporting world, that between the stalker and the hunter proper.
The Book-Hunter | John Hill BurtonWhy dont you wear a deer-stalker instead of that hideous jockey thing?
The Half-Hearted | John Buchan
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