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peeping tom

n. a person who stealthily peeks into windows, holes in restroom walls or other openings with the purpose of getting a sexual thrill from seeing women or girls undressed or couples making love. The term comes from the legendary Tom who was the one person who peeked when Lady Godiva rode her horse naked through the streets of Coventry to protest taxes. Being a peeping tom is treated as a crime based on sexual deviancy, with various names in different states. It forms the basis for a lawsuit by the victim on the basis of invasion of privacy.

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The tale of Peeping Tom was a later addition to the story.

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According to legend, the original Peeping Tom was a tailor who watched Lady Godiva as she rode naked through the streets of Coventry.

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BATHING WITHOUT CLOTHES IS A SERIOUS CRIME AND I ALSO DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS ILLEGAL FOR A GUY'S NAME TO BE PEEPING TOM.

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A PEEPING Tom who was banned from every swimming pool in Scotland is free to go back in the water.

Peeping Tom's pool ban lifted

METRO bosses have stepped-up security after a serial peeping Tom was caught taking photos up the skirts of unsuspecting passengers.

Peeping Tom security rise

According to a report in Saturday's Shams newspaper, the man dressed in a woman's full abayya wasn't even suspected of being a lecherous peeping tom; he was so intoxicated that he lifted the veil himself, revealing to horrified ladies a full mustache above a drunken grin.

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The Peeping Tom was so intent on ruining his innocent neighbour Kayleigh White's privacy that he drilled holes in her ceiling so that he could leer at the 16 year-old.

Sunday Mercury: Right verdict

A PEEPING Tom who videoed women on his mobile phone was yesterday given a suspended jail sentence and ordered to attend a sex offenders programme.

Video sex pervert

Qasem had had the gun nearby and loaded because she had seen a Peeping Tom outside her house previously.

Small but effective

She also appeared in the films "The Tales of Hoffman," "The Story of Three Loves," "The Man Who Loved Redheads" and "Peeping Tom." She is survived by her husband, broadcaster Ludovic Kennedy; a son and three daughters.

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Police are hunting a peeping tom who stared a teenage student as she undressed.

Student banged on window to scare peeping tom

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