meddle
verb (used without object)
to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly.
meddles
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present tense formof meddle (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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It’s saying he’s misinformed and fantasizing, not outright lying, as he meddles deeply in California water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2025
He has argued that the court meddles in his mandate and reminded the military that, in a democracy, it is subordinate to the elected government.
From Reuters ● Aug. 14, 2023
In "Sleepless in Seattle," a child meddles in his widower-dad's romantic life to literally force him to meet with a woman he shouldn't have had to be forced to meet.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2022
Several former internal- affairs commanders and detectives also have claimed Urquhart bullies investigators and meddles in deputy misconduct probes, raising fairness concerns.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2017
A friend more opposite to error than charity is a very troublesome reasoner; and if he meddles with their chimeras they will endeavour to do him a diskindness.”
From Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness by Robert Samber
