Loitering / Prowl

German translation: Herumlungern/-schleichen

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English term or phrase:Loitering / Prowl
German translation:Herumlungern/-schleichen
Entered by: Renate Radziwill-Rall

20:09 Jan 13, 2020
English to German translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / Criminal Record
English term or phrase: Loitering / Prowl
Criminal record:
Arrest date: xxx
Charge description: loitering / prowl
Miguel Sojo
Venezuela
Local time: 10:38
Herumlungern/-schleichen
Explanation:
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Renate Radziwill-Rall
France
Local time: 16:38
Grading comment
Danke!
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Summary of answers provided
5 -1Herumlungern/-schleichen
Renate Radziwill-Rall
3 +1Herumlungern / Herumstreichen
ibz
4 -1recherchierte Fachbegriffe: Herumlungerei/Hausfriedensbruch
gofink
3Herumlungern / Streifzug
Regina Eichstaedter
3vagabundieren / lauern
Expertlang
2sich mit krimineller Absicht aufhalten bzw. auflauern
Adrian MM.


Discussion entries: 4





  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
loitering / prowl
Herumlungern/-schleichen


Explanation:
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Renate Radziwill-Rall
France
Local time: 16:38
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 42
Grading comment
Danke!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  gofink: Herumlungern/-schleichen ist kein im Vorstrafenregister (criminal record) aufgeführter strafrechtlicher Tatbestand – die verbale Auflösung funktioniert auch im Verkehrsstrafenregister nich: zu schnell fahrend (speeding) = Geschwindigkeitsübertretung:
1 hr
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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
loitering / prowl
recherchierte Fachbegriffe: Herumlungerei/Hausfriedensbruch


Explanation:
Bundekriminnalamt (Hg.) Kriminalprävention - Im Bereich "social disorder" gingen die Sorgen der Bevölkerung lediglich bezogen auf Herumlungerei ("loitering") substanziell zurück -
https://www.bka.de › Downloads › Publikationsreihen › PolizeiUndForschung

prowl - trespassing at night : Every person who, without lawful excuse, loiters or prowls at night on the property of another person near a dwelling-house situated on that property is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction - https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/section-177.ht...

trespassing n — Hausfriedensbruch m · unerlaubtes Betreten nt - https://www.linguee.de/deutsch-englisch/search?source=auto&q...

Hausfriedensbruch: Wissenswertes über Paragraph 123 StGB - https://www.anwalt.org/hausfriedensbruch/


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Korrektur: prowl - trespassing at night = nächtlicher Hausfriedensbruch

Nächtlicher Spaß wird zum Hausfriedensbruch - https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/freising/freising-naech...

gofink
Austria
Local time: 16:38
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 37

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Regina Eichstaedter: trespassing? In deinem Link steht nichts von Hausfriedensbruch, und in der Frage steht nichts von Trespassing - aber ich gebe aus Prinzip kein Disagree
42 mins
  -> prowl - Criminal Law/Offences/Trespassing at Night - https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Canadian_Criminal_Law/Offences...

disagree  David Moore (X): "Herumlungern" does not imply the intent implicit in "loitering", and there is no suggestion of "trespass" either.
19 hrs
  -> Herumlungern is plus with ibz minus with me - congratulations to your unbiased attack / Your wife? Synonyme zu herumstreifen INFO flanieren, schlendern, streunen, stromern, wandern - https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/herumstreifen
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
loitering (UK: with intent/ to commit a criminal offence) / prowl
sich mit krimineller Absicht aufhalten bzw. auflauern


Explanation:
The US legal concept of loitering - an offens/ce arrestable on mere suspicion (Black's US Am Law Dictionary) is derived from the English Common Law, whilst prowl has been added by the behavio(u)r, predominantly of North Am. night prowlers and to encompass stalking /Nachstellen.

Loitering in the UK often has connotations, particularly of males hanging around public conveniences (toilets) in the South of England /Greater London Area. So nowt to do with trespassing.

For topical use of the term of 'auflauern', refer to the passages in Adolf H's 'Mein Kampf' about foreign undesirables on the streets of Vienna.

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per gofink, US/Can.: *nachts* auflauern bzw. (die Gegend) abklappern

Example sentence(s):
  • Lausbubenstreich oder kriminelle Absicht? Die Polizei ist daher weiter auf Zeugenaussagen angewiesen.
  • to loiter with intent Brit LAW dated sich akk mit Belästigungsabsicht [auffällig lange] aufhalten

    Reference: http://de.pons.com/übersetzung/englisch-deutsch/loitering
    Reference: http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/auflauern-belaestigen-toeten.6...
Adrian MM.
Austria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 70
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
loitering / prowl
Herumlungern / Streifzug


Explanation:
Beschreibung der Anklage ...

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on the prowl - auf Streifzug

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Note added at 2 hrs (2020-01-13 22:20:11 GMT)
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Bessere Lösung: Herumlungern und Herumstreifen, siehe: https://books.google.it/books id=yfuhp9eC_v8C&pg=PA539&lpg=PA539&dq=herumstreifen+anklage&source=bl&ots=P-NrfUZ3pe&sig=ACfU3U02FwvzI_Z_EU40PbLDuwwxLaqY3Q&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjp4IuzzYHnAhUMcZoKHTJ8DmsQ6AEwDHoECBEQAQ#v=onepage&q=herumstreifen%20anklage&f=false


    Reference: http://www.uni-frankfurt.de/45693142/2006a_Belina.pdf
Regina Eichstaedter
Local time: 16:38
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 135

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  gofink: Herumlungern/ Streifzug ist kein im Vorstrafenregister (criminal record) aufgeführter strafrechtlicher Tatbestand - Streifzug kein Hausfriedensbruch //wörterbuchlose Streifzüge kennen nun mal criminal record Vorstrafenregister {n} nicht
1 hr
  -> schau dir mal meinen Link an und suche "Herumlungern" - außerdem ist "criminal record" kein VORstrafenregister - wo steht, dass prowl Hausfriedensbruch bedeutet?

agree  Ulrike Hoffmeister, PhD (X): Das scheint mir die beste Erklärung für beide Begriffe zu sein. Prowl könnte laut Urban Dictionary auch „auf der Pirsch sein” (im übertragenen Sinne) bedeuten…
1 day 11 hrs
  -> Danke, Ulrike!
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
loitering / prowl
Herumlungern / Herumstreichen


Explanation:
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ibz
Local time: 16:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Moore (X): My wife, also a GNS, without hesitation chose "herumstreichen", as it does have a precise nuance of "casing a joint", which is exactly what the English implies.
6 hrs
  -> Thank you!

agree  Michael Confais (X)
6 hrs
  -> Merci!

disagree  gofink: "Herumlungern" does not imply the intent implicit in "loitering"
8 hrs
  -> ? Hast du ja selbst auch vorgeschlagen ...

neutral  Regina Eichstaedter: siehe oben
1 day 4 hrs
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
loitering / prowl
vagabundieren / lauern


Explanation:
weiterer Vorschlag

Expertlang
Local time: 16:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 72
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