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
The free exhibition includes scrolls, earthenware, sculptures, and inks on paper of fearsome demons and monsters in their role of either causing havoc on earth or acting as protectors against evil forces and harmful intruders.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
New molecules swimming around the brain can be a threat, so substances called enzymes had long ago deployed inside the man to attack the intruders.
—Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2024
While inside, the relative, who was sleeping on the couch in the living room, woke up, saw the intruders and started screaming.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2024
Sometime late last week, spray-paint-wielding intruders turned the pink walls of this seven-bedroom mansion into a helter-skelter canvas of pop art, obscure quotations and political insinuations — the third hillside home in Los Angeles to be defaced in recent days.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Two men entered the building, the New York Times reported at the time, when Ward drew a gun and fired at the intruders.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Chadd Scott, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
New molecules swimming around the brain can be a threat, so substances called enzymes had long ago deployed inside the man to attack the intruders.
—Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2024
While inside, the relative, who was sleeping on the couch in the living room, woke up, saw the intruders and started screaming.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2024
Sometime late last week, spray-paint-wielding intruders turned the pink walls of this seven-bedroom mansion into a helter-skelter canvas of pop art, obscure quotations and political insinuations — the third hillside home in Los Angeles to be defaced in recent days.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Two men entered the building, the New York Times reported at the time, when Ward drew a gun and fired at the intruders.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Intruders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intruders. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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