Thepaparazzi are photographers who follow famous people around, hoping to take interesting or shocking photographs of them that they can sell to a newspaper.
The paparazzi pursue Armani wherever he travels.
paparazzo in British English
(ˌpæpəˈrætsəʊ)
nounWord forms: plural-razzi (-ˈrætsiː)
a freelance photographer who specializes in candid camera shots of famous people and often invades their privacy to obtain such photographs
Word origin
C20: from Italian
paparazzo in American English
(ˌpɑpɑˈʀɑttsɔ)
Italian
nounWord forms: plural Italian ˌpapaˈrazzi (ˌpɑpɑˈʀɑttsi)
a photographer, often a freelance one, who takes candid shots, often in an intrusive manner, of celebrities for newspapers or magazines
usually used in pl.
Word origin
It, prob. < Fr paperassier, a scribbler, rummager in old papers < paperasse, old paper, waste paper < OFr papier, paper
Examples of 'paparazzo' in a sentence
paparazzo
He refused but she followed him out of the club and they were snapped by waiting paparazzi.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He refused but she followed him out of the club and they were snapped by waiting paparazzi.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The desire for paparazzi pictures of her in the boat was becoming a risk to our safety.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
She was last snapped by the paparazzi about six years ago.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It just meant there were paparazzi pictures documenting it.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He is amazing on screen and the paparazzi flocked around him.
The Sun (2016)
The public wants him because he is a real star and that is why the paparazzi follow him.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
To get him to relax and enjoy the nights out they had together was impossible when there were paparazzi around.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
You couldn't go anywhere without the paparazzi or people following you.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
So coveted was his position as the sole tour photographer that the English paparazzi would follow him.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Nobody bothered you; there were no paparazzi following you on holiday.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I hope there are not too many paparazzi around but probably there will be.
The Sun (2009)
He refused her invitation, but she followed him out of the club and they were snapped by waiting paparazzi.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But after speaking to the media, he became convinced that paparazzi would pursue her until they had clear photographs of her.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The carriage, with horses splayed across the floor, is surrounded by paparazzi flashing their cameras.
The Sun (2015)
Outside the Mayfair Hotel fans scream as a phalanx of paparazzi snap at the guests.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I was to figure out what it is about them that makes them so popular with the kind of people that paparazzi snap for tabloids.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I mean a proper friend, the sort who is asked to duck so that the paparazzi can take photos of the friends who are famous.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Show business agencies are competing to book celebrities into the May Fair and other hotels in the hope they will be spotted by paparazzi photographers loitering outside.