interlope

[in-ter-lohp, in-ter-lohp]

verb (used without object)

interloped, interloping 

1. to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.

   Synonyms: encroach, poach, trespass

2. to thrust oneself into the affairs of others.

   Synonyms: meddle

Other Word Forms

• interloper noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of interlope¹

1595–1605; probably back formation from interloper, equivalent to inter- + -loper ( landloper )

Example Sentences

Less successful were a half-baked mashup, “Beauty and Mr. Beast,” about the popular YouTuber, and a sorority sketch with Mikey Day as an interloping man wearing a bad facial disguise.

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Sophisticated, experienced firms like Boston Beer Company hardly know what to do about the now-struggling hard-seltzer market, but Happy Dad and its interloping founders are thriving.

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Was I having so much trouble dating women because I was just a run-of-the-mill straight interloping fraud, and the real queer community could tell?

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The first main belt comet was discovered in 1996, but “you can always explain one weirdo,” Dr. Snodgrass said, suggesting that the belt could have captured an interloping comet.

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He’s had it for more than 50 years and once used a baseball bat to knock out the windows of an interloping car.

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