Synonyms for skulk
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1. skulk

   Synonyms:
   hide, sneak, cower, lurk, abscond, slink

   Antonyms:
   appear, issue, parade, show

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1. lurk, skulkverb

   lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner

   Synonyms:
   loaf, ambuscade, waylay, scupper, lie in wait, loiter, lallygag, linger, footle, mess about, hang around, lollygag, mill about, tarry, malinger, ambush, mill around, lounge, lurk, bushwhack

2. malinger, skulkverb

   avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill

   Synonyms:
   lurk, malinger

3. skulkverb

   move stealthily

   "The lonely man skulks down the main street all day"

   Synonyms:
   lurk, malinger

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1. skulkverb

   Synonyms:
   lurk, hide, sneak, slink, lie hid

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1. skulkverb

   Synonyms:
   sneak, slink, lurk

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1. Diane Derzis:

   People should see what has been wrought here with this ruling and how it's going to affect women, children and their families in this country. This is an outrage in 2022 that women are forced to skulk out of state into another state to receive medical care. It's just unbelievable.

2. Phil Trieb:

   [I]f we won’t choose to pay the price of liberty, then by default we shall suffer the cost of servitude -- whether it be the iron chains of a tyrannical oligarchy or the regulatory chains of unelected, faceless bureaucrats. When we witness our neighbors abused by tyrants, will we skulk away and hope we’re not next? Or will we stand by them and challenge -- as freedom-loving Americans -- the tyranny of lawless leaders.