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
Verb
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But Colorado has interfered in those discussions.—
Megan Schrader,
Denver Post,
13 Oct. 2025
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This Ministry frequently interferes in employers’ decisions, instigates acts of discrimination by authorities and organizations, brings weight to bear on the organs of justice and even orchestrates propaganda campaigns in the media.—
Jonny Diamond,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The internet already messed her up pretty good.—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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The internet already messed her up pretty good.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Olympia is still looking for Senior’s mystery woman and decides to snoop through his Rolodex — old school!—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
12 Oct. 2025
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There also are characters straight from the David Lynch school of the bizarre, including the menacing figure who warns Ron to stop snooping around and the bearer of a disturbing story about a manufacturing job that requires being nude.—
Julie Hinds,
Freep.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Interlope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interlope. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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