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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Leer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Leered p. pr. & vb. n. Leering.] To look with a leer; to look askance with a suggestive expression, as of hatred, contempt, lust, etc.; to cast a sidelong lustful or malign look.
    I will leerupon him as a' comes by.   --Shak.
 The priest, above his book,
 Leering at his neighbor's wife.   --Tennyson.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 leering
      adj 1: showing sly or knowing malice in a glance; "she had run in
             fear of...his evil leering eye"- Amy Lowell
      2: (of a glance) sidelong and slyly lascivious; "leering
         drugstore cowboys"