lech

/lɛtʃ/
noun
  1. A strong desire, especially a sexual one; also used to refer to a person who has such desires in an offensive way.
    • He couldn't hide his lech for the new intern, and it cost him his job.
    • The character in the novel is a pathetic lech, always chasing after younger women.
    • The movie's villain was portrayed as an old lech who made everyone uncomfortable.
verb
  1. To feel or show a strong, often offensive sexual desire for someone.
    • The man was caught leching at the swimmers from behind a tree.
    • It's rude to lech at people in public places.
    • She told her friend that the guy at the bar was leching after her all night.