voyeur

Definition of voyeurnext

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Recent Examples of voyeur Like John Cassavetes and Martin Scorsese, Jaglom knows how to push a scene into realms of such emotional nakedness that the viewer starts to feel like a voyeur looking in on relationships that are none of his or her business. Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2025 The police set up surveillance around their home to catch the voyeur, but tensions within the family rise as secrets unravel under the scrutiny of eyes watching them from all sides. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025 Condoning voyeurs while blaming the victims Attitudes in China remain conservative, often to the detriment of women – such as in cases of divorce, domestic violence or upskirting, which aren’t typically treated as a priority by police, rights campaigners have long complained. Cnn Staff 20 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025 The through line is the author’s refusal to look at the Brotherhood from the outside in; Riley isn’t some voyeur watching a house on a summer night just after the lights come on. Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for voyeur
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Noun
  • Marrakchi, who has also directed episodes of such TV series as French spy thriller The Bureau and Damien Chazelle’s The Eddy, returns to Cannes’ Un Certain Regard program, where her 2005 feature debut Marock, about a Muslim-Jewish romance in Casablanca, also premiered.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026
  • Cuban officials later confirmed the spy director's visit in an official statement.
    Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Fortunately, this 3-D contoured mask doesn’t mess up my makeup or put pressure on my sensitive peepers.
    Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 14 Feb. 2026

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“Voyeur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/voyeur. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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