invasion of (someone's) privacy
idiom
: a situation in which someone fails to respect a person's right to keep certain personal information from being known
She felt that the guard's request to search her was an invasion of (her) privacy.
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Freedman has suggested that Gottlieb was responsible, at least in part, for the bombshell New York Times article regarding Lively’s accusations against Baldoni, who is currently suing the publication for libel and false light invasion of privacy.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2025
Then on Thursday, Baldoni filed a $400 million federal lawsuit against Lively and Reynolds, as well as Lively’s publicist Leslie Sloane, accusing the trio of multiple offenses, including defamation, civil extortion, invasion of privacy and interference with contractual relations.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025
In the lawsuit's 179-page complaint filed in the Southern District of New York, Baldoni accuses Lively and Reynolds of civil extortion, defamation and invasion of privacy.
—Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
There was so much damage done by that in terms of invasion of privacy and sharing of emails.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2025
Then on Thursday, Baldoni filed a $400 million federal lawsuit against Lively and Reynolds, as well as Lively’s publicist Leslie Sloane, accusing the trio of multiple offenses, including defamation, civil extortion, invasion of privacy and interference with contractual relations.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025
In the lawsuit's 179-page complaint filed in the Southern District of New York, Baldoni accuses Lively and Reynolds of civil extortion, defamation and invasion of privacy.
—Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
There was so much damage done by that in terms of invasion of privacy and sharing of emails.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Invasion of (someone's) privacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/invasion%20of%20%28someone%27s%29%20privacy. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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