verb
- to stand or wait around idly or without apparent purpose
Examples
- The teenager loiters outside the convenience store every afternoon.
- Security guards watch for anyone who loiters in the parking lot.
- She loiters by the school entrance, waiting for her friends.
- The man loiters near the bus stop even after several buses have passed.
- Students aren’t allowed to loiter in the hallways during class time.
- He loiters around the mall with nothing particular to do.