Thesaurus results for INTERLOPER

interloper

noun

ˌin-tər-ˈlō-pər

as in intruder

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 on the Web On the night of August 17, as over 1,000 guests danced at a wedding celebration in Dubai City, a hall in Kabul named after the Afghan elite’s favorite weekend getaway, a 23-year-old interloper detonated his suicide vest by the bandstand. —

Barnett R. Rubin, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2019 And will either of these two superstars be seen by the Recording Academy’s Nashville-centric voters as more of a conquering hero — or unsolicited interloper — than the other? —

Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024 One potential con to this style of bird feeder (which several Amazon reviewers note): Its open design allows for squirrel interlopers to butt in. —

Amy Wilkinson, SELF, 14 June 2024 But with no Frontier shareholders locked into approving the Verizon deal, the gate is open for an interloper. —

Michael Flaherty, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for interloper

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