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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

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

She would describe with humor the few times when my grandfather would chase the peeping Tom out of the yard yelling ' get on out of here'.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2017

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 Levinrew, Will




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