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peeping Tom

NOUN
person secretly watching others
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The alleged peeping Tom appeared outside a residence on Pearl Street in North Nashville around 6 a.m. on Feb. 1, Feb. 2 and on Monday, the Metro Nashville Police Department said.

From Fox News Feb. 9, 2022

“This technology is creepy to me in a peeping Tom type of way,” said John Townsend, a public affairs manager at AAA Mid-Atlantic, which represents 1 million motorists in Maryland.

From Washington Post Dec. 5, 2019

Bloom shape-shifts into a lawyer, tyrant and craven peeping Tom.

From Scientific American Jun. 16, 2018

He said the scene was intended to create empathy for Tyler, a character he says can easily be dismissed as a "loner" and "peeping Tom".

From BBC May 27, 2018

Gentlemen, we all know, of course, that the modern newspaper man is not a peeping Tom, an impertinent individual, who pries into the affairs of others.

From Death Points a Finger by Will Levinrew




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