ピーピングトム

noun

Peeping Tom; voyeur

Katakana term for a person who secretly watches others, especially in a sexual or privacy-invading way. In everyday Japanese, 覗き魔 is often the more direct native-style term.

See also: 覗き魔 (のぞきま)

• 近きん所じょにピーピングトムがいるという噂うわさが広ひろまった。

  A rumor spread that there was a Peeping Tom in the neighborhood.

• 更こう衣い室しつをのぞくなんて、まるでピーピングトムだ。

  Peeking into the changing room is just like being a Peeping Tom.