prying

adj, noun

prying

adj

/ˈpɹaɪ.ɪŋ/

Derived terms: pryingly, pryingness

prying

noun

1

The act of one who pries.

That it is wrongful to do a thing in that it is grubby in the way in which pryings for the sake of prurient interest are grubby, does not by itself make doing the thing an infringement of a claim.1992, Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights, page 280:

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