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noun
A transgression into one's personal or private matters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also
Topics: law
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noun
the wrongful intrusion by individuals or the government into private affairs with which the public has no concern
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: tort, civil wrong
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