as in intruders
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 interlopers
The object is named for its status as one of three interstellar interlopers ever discovered in our cosmic neighborhood, as well as the telescope that spotted it.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
At that point, the business forfeited its future to tech interlopers.
—Roy Trakin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
The town’s sole occupant, Leatherface (Mark Burnham), isn’t keen on these interlopers and their noisy party bus.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
The marine interlopers clogged the cooling water intake systems at the Gravelines facility in northern France late Sunday, triggering an automatic halt to three reactors.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
In a rural community like this, are new arrivals nearly always going to be seen as interlopers by locals?
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
At that point, the business forfeited its future to tech interlopers.
—Roy Trakin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
The town’s sole occupant, Leatherface (Mark Burnham), isn’t keen on these interlopers and their noisy party bus.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
The marine interlopers clogged the cooling water intake systems at the Gravelines facility in northern France late Sunday, triggering an automatic halt to three reactors.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
In a rural community like this, are new arrivals nearly always going to be seen as interlopers by locals?
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interlopers
intruders
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Both of those boxes were emptied and gone, which led Sainz to believe the intruders likely shoved all of the guinea pigs into the two boxes.—
Alexandra Hardle,
AZCentral.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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There are no support groups for people who've killed intruders.—
Heidi Yewman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Interlopers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interlopers. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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