Meaning & use

paparazzi

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freelance photographers who follow celebrities to take candid photographs, often aggressively.

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A crowd of paparazzi surrounded the actress as she left the restaurant.

The couple married in secret to avoid the paparazzi.

A note on using this word

Technically the plural of the Italian 'paparazzo,' though 'paparazzi' is now commonly used in English as both singular and plural.

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