peeping Tom

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Recent Examples of peeping Tom Noel Roblero Mazariegos, 51, was arrested by officers from the West Palm Beach Police Department and taken to the Palm Beach County Jail after reports of a prowler and peeping Tom. Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026 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
  • For now, a bipartisan housing bill and the renewal of a key spy program have become casualties of those standoffs, and their fate was in limbo as Senate Republicans left for the July 4 recess.
    David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 25 June 2026
  • Oscar-winning actor Gary Oldman, known to fans of AppleTV series Slow Horses as the shambolic, gassy spy Jackson Lamb, will be honored at this year Edinburgh Television Festival with the fest’s lifetime achievement honor, the Golden Icon Award.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • Similar to how goggles protect your peepers from chlorine (and the burning feeling that can follow after opening your eyes in a swimming pool), goggles work very well to combat onion tears, Hale says.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2026
  • The House advanced the bill codifying the peeper’s status, House Bill 5534, this week by a vote of 136-0.
    Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
Noun
  • Except Leo is the opposite of a snoop.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Terrible for me, an incorrigible snoop of other people’s phones, but probably a good thing for society at large.
    David Pierce, The Verge, 28 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Today’s intruders rarely smash through the front entrance.
    Scott Alldridge, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • An intruder stole piles of Michigan Lottery instant tickets on June 14 from Frank's Chicken Deli & Pizza in Sterling Heights, Michigan.
    Paula Wethington, CBS News, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • The Department’s mistake is to worry about Sarah instead of Zoë, the professional snooper.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Wrestlers like Garcia and Stewart have achieved what Morrison has set his sights on, but Morrison isn’t a star gazer.
    Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2026
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
Noun
  • In fact, the NFLPA filed an amicus brief effectively against Clarett, portraying him as an interloper of sorts.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 June 2026
  • Later, a gray squirrel expressed its displeasure at an interloper disrupting its peace.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026

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“Peeping Tom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peeping%20Tom. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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