Meaning of upskirting | Babel Free

Definitions

The covert, voyeuristic photographing of a woman's underwear up her skirt.

uncountable

Examples

“2018, The Independent, Upskirting to be made criminal offense with two-year prison sentence under proposed law The new law would bring the punishment for upskirting in line with existing voyeurism offenses”

“In addition to web sites that display the "public" voyeurism of upskirting, other sexual voyeurism sites show pictures of women as they shower at home […]”

“To someone who is used to running the show, there’s something much scarier about that than upskirting, even.”

“The same upskirting technique mentioned above is used on children, only the preferred locations for seeking out victims are different. The prime locations for upskirting children are playgrounds where there are an abundance of swings, slides and jungle gyms that provide the ideal opportunity to film the preferred targets.”

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