as in interlopers
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 intruders
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.
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Alexandra Hardle, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
There are no support groups for people who've killed intruders.
—Heidi Yewman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
While the Frasers keep a united front against outside intruders, family secrets finally coming to light threaten to tear them apart from the inside.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
The final season, set to premiere in early 2026, will also see the Frasers attempt to keep a united front against outside intruders, only to see family secrets surface and threaten to tear them apart from the inside.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
The natural world is unforgiving to intruders.
—Michael Jerome Plunkett
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
The hope is that would-be intruders think twice.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2025
This technique bypassed traditional login protections and gave intruders long-lasting access to customer relationship management data.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Those incidents include car and business break-ins, along with multiple intruders who have entered and stolen from South End residents’ homes.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
Alexandra Hardle, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
There are no support groups for people who've killed intruders.
—Heidi Yewman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
While the Frasers keep a united front against outside intruders, family secrets finally coming to light threaten to tear them apart from the inside.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
The final season, set to premiere in early 2026, will also see the Frasers attempt to keep a united front against outside intruders, only to see family secrets surface and threaten to tear them apart from the inside.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
The natural world is unforgiving to intruders.
—Michael Jerome Plunkett
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
The hope is that would-be intruders think twice.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2025
This technique bypassed traditional login protections and gave intruders long-lasting access to customer relationship management data.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Those incidents include car and business break-ins, along with multiple intruders who have entered and stolen from South End residents’ homes.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intruders
Noun
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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.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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At that point, the business forfeited its future to tech interlopers.—
Roy Trakin,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This approach sparks a heated debate about proper justice, leading to the revelation of other secret desires between the two spies.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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Gary Oldman stars as the curmudgeonly Jackson Lamb, who leads MI5, a unit full of low-level spies that includes Jack Lowden’s River Cartwright.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Police learned in September that Garnett was selling meth and made several purchases of meth from Garnett using confidential informants, according to a probable cause affidavit.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Oct. 2025
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Privacy advocates have expressed concern that the company’s cameras and accompanying Neighbors app have heightened the risk of racial profiling and turned residents into informants, with few guardrails around how law enforcement can use the material.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Keyboard busybodies, naturally, expressed their unsolicited opinions in the comments section.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Intruders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intruders. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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