as in intruder
a person who meddles in the affairs of others
summer residents were regarded as interlopers who had no deep commitment to the town's welfare
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Recent Examples of interloper
Cale has, by that point, laid out the tropes of a typical coastal interloper’s gay fantasia of the Mountain West.
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
Last year, Vandy was a fun upstart story after upsetting Alabama, while IU was the CFP interloper in Curt Cignetti’s first season with the Hoosiers.
—Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
This is a novel and compelling scenario and offers a refreshing alternative to collisions from interplanetary interlopers explaining the destruction of a former Saturnian moon.
—Big Think, 9 Oct. 2025
The European Space Agency's (ESA) ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) was ready for the closeup, snapping imagery of the interloper using its Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS).
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2025
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
Last year, Vandy was a fun upstart story after upsetting Alabama, while IU was the CFP interloper in Curt Cignetti’s first season with the Hoosiers.
—Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
This is a novel and compelling scenario and offers a refreshing alternative to collisions from interplanetary interlopers explaining the destruction of a former Saturnian moon.
—Big Think, 9 Oct. 2025
The European Space Agency's (ESA) ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) was ready for the closeup, snapping imagery of the interloper using its Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS).
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interloper
intruder
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Nevermind the fact that, in the other instances, objects were moved around, stereos are turned on and the intruder never shows his face.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Grand Rapids police responding to a distressed 911 call from 44-year-old Charles Broomfield found the bodies, as Broomfield allegedly said there had been intruders in the home, according to authorities, WWMT, 13 ABC and WOOD TV reported.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Interloper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interloper. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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