Other forms: voyeurs
A voyeur is somebody who gets pleasure from secretly watching others. A voyeur at the window.
The secrecy is the whole of the offence, since the watched person has not agreed. Voyeurism is a criminal offence in Britain and was only made one in 2003.
1nounvoyeurSomebody who gets pleasure from secretly watching others.
“The case turned on whether he had acted as a voyeur or a neighbour.”
voyeur is a person.
French voyeur means one who sees, from voir, to see.
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Borrowed from French voyeur. French voyeur, from voir (“to see”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA