Thesaurus results for INTRUDER

intruder

noun

Definition of intruder

as in spy

a person who meddles in the affairs of others an inveterate intruder, he needs to get a life

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Recent Examples of intruder Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology note that an intruder could replace legitimate control instructions with malicious commands. — William Akoto, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026 Authorities are looking for help identifying the masked intruder who appeared on Guthrie's Nest doorbell camera on the night of her abduction as well as the sender of the notes. — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026 This leaves even the most secure guest room doors vulnerable to intruders. — Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2026 An intruder spent about three hours inside a local hardware store in Monroe, Michigan, causing significant damage, putting on an employee's uniform, and eventually driving away in a company truck. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 31 July 2026 By the end of the day, Hugging Face had locked out the intruder. — Stephen Witt, New Yorker, 30 July 2026 In June 2025, Lopez, while experiencing paranoia after using methamphetamine and believing intruders were trying to break into his Arlington apartment, fired the gunshots into his neighbor’s home, the DA’s office said. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 July 2026 The Pima County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI have been working on the case, and previously released doorcam footage of a masked intruder entering Nancy’s home, but that person has not been identified. — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026 Both of the youngsters fledged, or took their first flight from the nest, but are still hanging around their natal digs, enjoying parental food deliveries and protection from intruders. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for intruder

Noun

In interviews with federal agents and later with CNN, his family dismissed the notion that Beloozerov may have been a spy.

— Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Margaretha Zelle MacLeod’s stage name came to signify the epitome of the seductive female spy after she was executed by the French in 1917.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of spy

Noun

That interloper was Shadow, who became Jackie's steadfast mate right up until her hospitalization last month.

— Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
The interlopers were contrabandistas, Native Pacific Northwesterners brought by American merchants operating out of Hawaii and heading to the Mexican coast to hunt otters without a license.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 July 2026

Definition of interloper

Noun

Nelly herself is heavily reinterpreted by Fennell, imagined in this film as the illegitimate daughter of an aristocrat who serves as Cathy’s maid; the film also runs with modern readings of her character as a more proactive meddler in the doomed love between the main characters.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2026
The factory owners called her a meddler and insisted that the cost of protecting workers would destroy American industry.

— Michelle A. Williams, STAT, 2 Feb. 2026

Definition of meddler

Noun

These punteros, as they’re called, have for years worked as low-level informants for the cartel.

— Kevin Sieff, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
The case was expanded to investigate possible tax charges in 2019 under Attorney General Bill Barr, with the focus shifting to the SPLC's bank accounts and its payments to informants.

— Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of informant

Noun

On 227, Williams starred as Lester Jenkins, who has his own construction company in support of his busybody wife, Mary (Gibbs), and their studious daughter, Brenda (Regina King).

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
Since her ballerina kindergarten years, Sukihana—the rapper, reality television star, podcaster, and soon-to-be mom of four—has been a polymathic busybody.

— Meagan Jordan, VIBE.com, 10 July 2026