brivet

Verb

 * 1)  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.

Usage notes

 * Particularly prevalent in the regional dialect of the West Midlands of England, and the Welsh border area.
 * Most often applied to a child's behaviour or that of pets and other animals.
 * Also used in the Gloucestershire/Wiltshire border area in the context of jumble sales, Women's Institutes or Church 'sales of work'