voyeur
noun/vɔɪˈɜr/
Frequency rank: #17,514 most common English word
Meaning
a person who gets pleasure from secretly watching others, especially in private situations.
Example sentence
The detective realized that the suspect was acting as voyeur who secretly watched people through their windows.
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