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interlope

verb
in·​ter·​lope | \ ˌin-tər-ˈlƍp How to pronounce interlope (audio) , ˈin-tər-ˌlƍp\
interloped; interloping

Definition of interlope

intransitive verb

1 : to encroach on the rights (as in trade) of others
2 : intrude, interfere
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Examples of interlope in a Sentence

regarded the new couple as a pair of interloping parvenus who were sure to upset the town's social hierarchy

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 Even my mother, an expert in detecting interloping odors, couldn’t catch anything. — Luke Winkie, Vox, "From condemning “white terrorism” to condemning video games: Republican responses to El Paso shooting," 5 Aug. 2019 And so Beyonce wanting to be in that just seemed like interloping. — Joy-ann Reid, Cosmopolitan, "The Power in Being an Angry Black Woman," 13 Feb. 2018 Europeans are taught a history of migration from birth, of Greeks and Romans spreading over Europe, conquering lands, and interloping afar. — Adam Rutherford, The Atlantic, "A New History of the First Peoples in the Americas," 3 Oct. 2017

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First Known Use of interlope

1615, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for interlope

probably back-formation from interloper, from inter- + -loper (akin to Middle Dutch lopen to run, Old English hlēapan to leap) — more at leap

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