voyeur

Etymology

Borrowed from French voyeur, from the verb voir (“to see”).

noun

  1. A person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly observing other people, especially when such people are engaged in some sexual activity.
  2. An obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects.

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