brivet
verb/ˈbɹɪvɪt/
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UK, West Midlands To wander an area, or look through items, without specific purpose or to satisfy idle curiosity, especially in a furtive and illicit manner.
- Once Melanie had left the house, I entered her bedroom and began to brivet around.
- And all the time she'd be brivetting about on the sly with any good-for-nothing young rascals she could get hold on.1920, Eric Leadbitter, Shepherd's warning, page 148: