paparazzo

/ ˌpæpəˈrætsəʊ /

noun

1. a freelance photographer who specializes in candid camera shots of famous people and often invades their privacy to obtain such photographs

Word History and Origins

Origin of paparazzo¹

C20: from Italian

Example Sentences

Paparazzo was, in fact, the name of a photographer in his film.

From The Daily Beast

Knox still finds herself ambushed by an occasional paparazzo, her callbox buzzed by a Daily Beast reporter.

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When the paparazzo pestered him again, asking, “So he could do without the Grammys?”

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“We called him BK Boy and he gets upset,” says a New York City paparazzo who frequently stalks the couple.

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The paparazzo ruffled and out a functioning camera, then threatened Madoff Mack with a lawsuit.

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