as in intruders
a person who meddles in the affairs of others
the nosey parker next door is insane with frustration because I won't take her advice about how to nurse my baby
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Noun
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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
Noun
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Maurice is convinced that Tall Pines is brainwashing teens and then sending them to who-knows-where to work as spies.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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The crackdown was ostensibly to ferret out spies, but in many cases the security forces used the war as a pretext to detain ethnic and religious minorities as well as Afghan migrants, according to Amnesty International.—
Babak Dehghanpisheh,
NBC news,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Nosey parkers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nosey%20parkers. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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