prying
/ˈpɹaɪ.ɪŋ/ noun C2- The act of one who pries.
Plural pryings
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Shrubs and creeping plants covered the windows, and hid from the garden and court these two apartments, the only rooms into which, as they were on the ground floor, the prying eyes of the curious could penetrate.
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