paparazzo
noun
pa·pa·raz·zo
ˌpä-pə-ˈrät-(ˌ)sō 
plural paparazzi
ˌpä-pə-ˈrät-(ˌ)sē
: a freelance photographer who aggressively pursues celebrities for the purpose of taking candid photographs
a movie star surrounded by a swarm of paparazzi
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The Mail on Sunday pulled CCTV footage which showed his staging the images with a paparazzo, bringing humiliation on Meghan, whose staff had been pleading for his privacy, days before the wedding.
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Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Meghan was reportedly angered by her father’s cooperation with the paparazzi in multiple instances.
—Joseph Wilkinson, Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2025
After spotting the paparazzi, the group piles into an SUV.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
For an artist who spent the first half of the year beefing with paparazzi, his team, and possibly also his long-suffering wife, Bieber might actually, really, finally be back.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
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Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Meghan was reportedly angered by her father’s cooperation with the paparazzi in multiple instances.
—Joseph Wilkinson, Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2025
After spotting the paparazzi, the group piles into an SUV.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
For an artist who spent the first half of the year beefing with paparazzi, his team, and possibly also his long-suffering wife, Bieber might actually, really, finally be back.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Paparazzo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paparazzo. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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paparazzo
noun
pa·pa·raz·zo
ˌpä-pə-ˈrät-(ˌ)sō
plural paparazzi
ˌpä-pə-ˈrät-(ˌ)sē
: a freelance photographer who aggressively pursues celebrities for the purpose of taking candid photographs
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