interlope

American  

[in-ter-lohp, in-ter-lohp] / ˌɪn tərˈloʊp, ˈɪn tərˌloʊp /

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

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Other Word Forms

• interloper noun

Etymology

Origin of interlope

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

Example Sentences

Idle hope And dire remembrance interlope To vex the feverish slumbers of the mind: The bubble floats before, the spectre stalks behind.’

From The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) by Greville, Charles

Not here do human structures interlope The fir to rival, or the pine-tree's claim, The soul may revel in poetic flame Upon yon mountain's green and gentle slope.

From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas

Strangers interlope for a moment, and change destinies, coming out for a day, from nothing, and going to nowhere, but marring and misshaping everything.

From Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio by Riddle, A. G.

Idle Hope       And dire Remembrance interlope,   To vex the feverish slumbers of the mind:   The bubble floats before, the spectre stalks behind.

From Poems of Coleridge by Symons, Arthur

Idle Hope, And dire Remembrance, interlope, And vex the feverish slumbers of the mind: The bubble floats before: the spectre stalks behind.

From Gryll Grange by Peacock, Thomas Love