stalking
Hunting by stealth
Stalking is the act of pursuing someone persistently and obsessively, typically in a way that causes fear or distress.
A stalker may follow, watch, or repeatedly contact their victim, often despite being told to stop.
The word also has an older, neutral sense: to stalk game is to approach prey stealthily while hunting.
She filed a restraining order against the man who had been stalking her.
The lion was stalking a gazelle through the tall grass.
Aggressive, unwanted targeting
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
- unwantedNot wished for
- predatorOrganism that consumes others
- victimOne harmed by another
restraining order · cyberstalking · following · surveillance · intimidation · threat · fear · fixation
harassment
Aggressive, unwanted targeting
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
- unwantedNot wished for
- predatorOrganism that consumes others
victim · restraining order · cyberstalking · following · surveillance · intimidation · threat · fear · fixation · pursuit
- crimesarson, burglary, robbery, kidnapping, vandalism
- wrongdoingmisconduct, crime, sabotage, crimes, misbehavior
- animal behaviorsswimming, running, walking, jumping, flying
- misconductmisconduct, bullying, stealing, vandalism, cheating
- red flagsred flags, warning signs, warning, caution, alarm
- stealthsneak, ninja, creep, spy, skulk
stalkingstrolling
Walking at ease
sauntering · ambling · wandering · meandering · marching
stalkingavoiding
Deliberately staying clear
ignoring · leaving alone · giving space · keeping distance · disregarding
stalkingfleeing
Rapid escape from danger
retreating · escaping · running away · evading · flight
- stalking horseConcealed-purpose candidate
- cyber stalkingInternet-based persistent pursuit
- social media stalkingMonitoring someone's profiles obsessively
- stalking behaviorObsessive unwanted pursuit
- stalking victimTarget of persistent unwanted pursuit
- deer stalkingPursuing wild cervids on foot
stalkings, stalking-horses, stalking-horse, antistalking, stalking horse