Upskirt

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1) Describing a voyeuristic image of the view up a woman's skirt.
 * 2) *2004, Clay Calvert, Voyeur Nation, p. 202:
 * Under this general principle, victims of upskirt voyeurism that takes place in a public location such as a park or shopping mall would be left remediless under the privacy theory called intrusion into seclusion.
 * 1) *2008, Camgirls: Celebrity and Community in the Age of Social Networks, p. 45:
 * Yet while orthodox voyeurism exists online, most comercial ‘upskirt’ cam sites primarily draw on footage from paid sex workers.

Noun

 * 1) An image of this kind.
 * 2) *2006, Anandam P Kavoori & Noah Arceneaux, The Cell Phone Reader, p. 16:
 * For more serious problems caused by the cellphone, we may need new laws — as in the case of upskirts.
 * 1) *2008, Carmine Sarracino & Kevin M Scott, The Porning of America, p. 212:
 * The Internet is replete with photos of Britney with a flabby belly and shorn head, Britney making out drunk in clubs, “upskirts“ of Britney's shaved genitalia.

Verb

 * 1)  To take a voyeuristic picture up the skirt of (a woman), especially surreptitiously.
 * 2) *2007, William G Staples, The Encyclopedia of Privacy, p. 525:
 * Following an incident where a man used a gym bag to upskirt several dozen women in crowded stores, the California legislature amended existing laws to focus on the individual violations acts rather than the location.

Related terms

 * upskirting