meddle
verb (used without object)
to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly.
had meddled
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past perfectof meddle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the union’s claim he had meddled was “a total lie.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
The mistakes the movie makes, and the ways it fails to fulfill its predecessor’s promise, make me want to say something critics rarely express: I wish that the studio had meddled a little bit more.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2020
Lawmakers were also keeping tabs on Trump’s long-anticipated news conference in New York, his first since winning the presidency, where he conceded that Russia had meddled in the U.S. election.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2017
Ms. Michaels, who doubled as the person in charge of all news coverage at the two stations, said that the managers of the stations had meddled with news coverage.
From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2012
The dead Tenorio who had meddled with the fate of Narciso and Ultima would be carted away from our hills.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
