as in to interfere
to interest oneself in what is not one's concern
regarded the new couple as a pair of interloping parvenus who were sure to upset the town's social hierarchy
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Recent Examples of interlope
Bloom has been cast by some diehard Sox fans as an interloping budget-cutter who imperiled the franchise by letting cornerstones Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts get away.
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Bob Hohler, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
BlackBerry suggests that spirit was killed by an influx of big business thinking, taking the form here of Canada's hulking, reigning master of intimidation, Michael Ironside, cast as the interloping COO.
—A.a. Dowd, Chron, 12 May 2023
Iworrigan had been off Facebook but reactivated her account to try to verify whether or not the interloping hound might be Nanuq.
—Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Apr. 2023
Corinne always unrolls her mat in the back corner, tries not to interlope.
—Rebecca Makkai, Harper's Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021
Even my mother, an expert in detecting interloping odors, couldn’t catch anything.
—Luke Winkie, Vox, 5 Aug. 2019
And so Beyonce wanting to be in that just seemed like interloping.
—Joy-Ann Reid, Cosmopolitan, 13 Feb. 2018
Europeans are taught a history of migration from birth, of Greeks and Romans spreading over Europe, conquering lands, and interloping afar.
—Adam Rutherford, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2017
Bob Hohler, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
BlackBerry suggests that spirit was killed by an influx of big business thinking, taking the form here of Canada's hulking, reigning master of intimidation, Michael Ironside, cast as the interloping COO.
—A.a. Dowd, Chron, 12 May 2023
Iworrigan had been off Facebook but reactivated her account to try to verify whether or not the interloping hound might be Nanuq.
—Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Apr. 2023
Corinne always unrolls her mat in the back corner, tries not to interlope.
—Rebecca Makkai, Harper's Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021
Even my mother, an expert in detecting interloping odors, couldn’t catch anything.
—Luke Winkie, Vox, 5 Aug. 2019
And so Beyonce wanting to be in that just seemed like interloping.
—Joy-Ann Reid, Cosmopolitan, 13 Feb. 2018
Europeans are taught a history of migration from birth, of Greeks and Romans spreading over Europe, conquering lands, and interloping afar.
—Adam Rutherford, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interlope
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In that match, Becky Lynch interfered to help her husband, Seth Rollins, defeat Lee's husband, CM Punk, to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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An August 20 Federal Police report accused him and his son Eduardo of trying to interfere in the coup trial itself, including by seeking US sanctions against Brazilian officials and coordinating pressure campaigns through close allies.—
Julia Vargas Jones,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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The last two seasons have proven that the team starts off slow, which ends up messing their chances of making the playoffs.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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The Marlins may also potentially mess things for the Phillies quest at avoiding the NL’s third-best record or Detroit’s bid at staying as the team with the top record in the AL.—
Larry Fleisher,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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In the film, Shy is played by Jay Lycurgo, an alternately sensitive and intimidating young actor in his breakout role, and the bag doesn’t appear until midway through, when the film crew go snooping without permission in the students’ room.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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Potential trouble arises when the wily victim of Danny’s, Pauline, starts snooping around the house, hears Danny’s voice and starts to bargain for her silence.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Interlope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interlope. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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