upskirt

1. not comparableDesignating a voyeuristic image of the view up a woman's skirt.

   Yet while orthodox voyeurism exists online, most commercial ‘upskirt’ cam sites primarily draw on footage from paid sex workers.

   2008, Camgirls: Celebrity and Community in the Age of Social Networks, page 45

   1 more example

   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.

   2004, Clay Calvert, Voyeur Nation, page 202

plural upskirts

1. An image of this kind.

   For more serious problems caused by the cellphone, we may need new laws — as in the case of upskirts.

   2006, Anandam P Kavoori, Noah Arceneaux, The Cell Phone Reader, page 16

   1 more example

   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.

   2008, Carmine Sarracino, Kevin M Scott, The Porning of America, page 212

   Synonyms: pantyshot, panchira

2. The area inside a skirt, as viewed from below and while being worn.

   Her upskirt is very frilly.

present singular third person upskirts · participle present upskirting · participle past upskirted · past upskirted

1. transitiveTo take a voyeuristic photograph up the skirt of (a woman), especially surreptitiously.

   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.

   2007, William G Staples, The Encyclopedia of Privacy, page 525