peeping Tom

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Recent Examples of peeping Tom The creepy 40-second teaser captures Danes as Aggie Wiggs and Matthew Rhys as Nile Jarvis in a montage of eerie mystery scenes, filled with death investigations, blood, and … a peeping Tom? Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peeping Tom
Noun
  • Though Curry got the stats in the box score, the Buckeyes’ coverage, including a spy — usually Arvell Reese — deserves just as much credit for limiting Washington’s offense.
    Dane Brugler, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Lisbeth Salander is part Western hero, part expert hacker, part international spy and part Pippi Longstocking.
    Anders de la Motte, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Peep Dorothy’s peepers when Wicked: For Good premieres November 21.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 June 2025
  • Suddenly, Riddick's effervescent peepers become their only hope for survival, if he can be bothered to help out.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Proxies lost their privacy tool status when VPNs became easier, more secure ways to hide internet traffic from advertisers and snoops.
    Kim Key, PC Magazine, 1 July 2025
  • Illustration by Patricia Bolaños New York, as the best gossips know, is a snoop’s paradise—a nirvana for nosiness, an intermeddler’s Eden.
    Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Both of those boxes were emptied and gone, which led Sainz to believe the intruders likely shoved all of the guinea pigs into the two boxes.
    Alexandra Hardle, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
  • If someone unexpectedly opens the door to enter the room, a harsh alarm will sound to scare off the intruder—adding an extra layer beyond the hotel’s typical locks.
    Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • It is turned off by default—anything that can store this kind of history is something that a snooper or domestic abuser could access.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This pairing from Wildhorn worked in perfect harmony to keep gaper-gap at bay and airflow going directly from cutouts at the top of the helmet vents into the goggles.
    Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Another man asked if putting up higher barriers in the median might help with the dreaded gaper’s blocks that happen every time there’s an accident.
    Michelle L. Quinn, chicagotribune.com, 20 Oct. 2021

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“Peeping Tom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peeping%20Tom. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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