peeping Tom
Example Sentences
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"It's like being a modern day peeping Tom," she says, referring to the number of homes she looks inside, all from the comfort of her smartphone.
From BBC • Oct. 5, 2024
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
The neighbor was arrested but eventually acquitted of murder charges, while Jefferies got convicted under the city’s recently enacted peeping Tom laws.
From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2020
Bloom shape-shifts into a lawyer, tyrant and craven peeping Tom.
From Scientific American • Jun. 16, 2018
Think of it—Godiva of Coventry, and peeping Tom.
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir
