upskirting

noun

up·​skirt·​ing ˈəp-ˌskər-tiŋ 

variants or less commonly up-skirting

: the act or action of surreptitiously taking a photograph or shooting a video of a person's genital area by aiming a recording device (such as a camera or cellphone) up the person's skirt, dress, etc.

Offenders found guilty of upskirting face up to two years in prison for taking an image or video under somebody's clothing in order to see their genitals or underwear.

—Kevin Manahan

A student who campaigned for up-skirting to be made a criminal offence … has hailed … changes in the law …

—Freya McClements

upskirt

ˈəp-ˌskərt 

transitive verb

upskirted; upskirting; upskirts

A … teacher … was left with PTSD after police told her a student had upskirted her on several occasions without her knowledge.

—Amy Jones

upskirt adjective

A witness … told cabin crew that a man was using a camera to take upskirt pictures of stewardesses …

—Oscar Liu

upskirter noun

plural upskirters

These are not victimless crimes, but damaging invasions of privacy, and so-called "upskirters" will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

—Cyrus Vance Jr., quoted in Daily News (New York)

Word History

Etymology

up entry 1 + skirt entry 1 + -ing entry 1

First Known Use

1998, in the meaning defined above