Is there a word for someone who doesn't necessarily steal anything but would compulsively snoop through someone's things if left alone, similar to kleptomaniac (someone who would compulsively steal things)?
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Why are you sure that there is a word for this? Does a word exist in your native languages? – James K Oct 7 '18 at 3:41
The word snoop also has a noun form:
[Merriam-Webster]
verb
: to look or pry especially in a sneaking or meddlesome mannernoun
: one that snoops
So, somebody who snoops is a . . . snoop.
answered Oct 6 '18 at 20:59
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I haven't been able to find a term that's as technical as kleptomaniac is for a compulsive thief. A technical phrase might be "pathological nosiness" or "pathological snooping".
As Jason Bassford notes, you can use snoop as a noun here. There are also idioms and slang in particular dialects, such as nosy parker.
It's also a feature of relationship obsessive compulsive disorder, but it exists independently of that diagnosis, and is only one feature of it.
