Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To run between parties and intercept the advantage that one should gain from the other; traffic without a proper license; forestall.
- To obtrude one's self into a business in which one has no right.
Wiktionary
- v. To intrude, meddle, or trespass in others’ affairs.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To run between parties and intercept without right the advantage that one should gain from the other; to traffic without a proper license; to intrude; to forestall others; to intermeddle.
WordNet 3.0
- v. encroach on the rights of others, as in trading without a proper license
Etymologies
- Early 17th century, likely back-formation from interloper. Alternatively, directly formed as inter- + lope (“leap, jump”) – literally “to jump in”. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Still less do they care to expose their daughters to mingling with that crowd of questionable females, coming from all parts of the world, and constituting what M. Planchut calls the 'monde interlope,' which assembles every winter at M.nte Carlo and Nice.”
“Montausé; but he heard a voice calling in some unknown tongue; some human being had dared to interlope upon his peculiar domain; and the wrathful explorer did only what might have been expected of him: he began to pour forth a torrent of very violent reproof and objurgation, to which the sober English tongue can do scant justice.”
“The mullahs, who are not short of assets, even hired an interlope person Fereydun Sahebjam, who was living in France and who introduced himself as a journalist.”
“The aim is not to interlope, but to extend our understanding of how and why people dream.”
“This reluctance to interlope in the lives of one's neighbors - "a very Iowa attitude," in the words of one local political scientist, derived in part from the state's rural heritage - may help explain how Iowa finds itself in this moment.”
“The interlope after studying the result of investigation issued arrest for 5 Iranian leaders.”
“Last year the government of Argentine after years of investigation OF bombing in Argentine BY Iranian government and gave the result of their investigation to interlope.”
“When Google the word "Interpol issues arrest warrants for 15 Israelis" to search in the computer all you find is "Interpol issues arrest warrants for 5 Iranian leader for bombing in Argentina not 15 Israelis" after reading the article what it said, Iran asking International police if they are right about Israelis committed war crime and if so is that that means interlope can arrest them for war crime?”
“Iranian government in order to make fun of interlope saying ok we investigated too about Israelis crime in Gaza go and issue arrest for 15 Israelis.”
“Does your cat interlope when you try to work at home?”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘interlope’.
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Rexicon
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inkhorn, aplomb, apotheosis, asinine, avatar, bombastic, boorish, bromide, bucolic, cagey, canvass, digress and 991 more...
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Appellations
States of ment.
off kilter, fervent, nonchalant, exuberant, turbid, verbose, eloquent, vicarious, gallivant, orotund, amalgamate, accentuate and 285 more...
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ADW1
obdurate, obstinate, behest, injunction, enjoin, circumspect, ensconce, discursive, lugubrious, doleful, somber, ken and 2476 more...
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beardofthemonth's Words
pome, scalawag, strumpet, harlot, wastrel, hobo, ascertain, nonplussed, widdershins, swell, film, monocle and 15 more...
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best words
kéblo, simili, déviant, drolatique, flûte, hiha, croquer, derechef, mignardise, maussade, nigaud, morose and 54 more...
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Dutchly things
Words having some sort of Dutch origin, probably boring to everyone but me — I'm currently browsing 2,422 entries having "Dutch" in their definitions/etymologies, the best of which should fin...
mynheerify, mynheer, advocaat, dutch bargain, blauwbok, butter-box, quardeel, clinquant, closh, coot, dodkin, dorp and 85 more...
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2012
by a long shot, tongue in cheek, nonesuch, sine qua non, segue, a fortiori, deus ex machina, dry-shod, sprezzatura, entropy, lingual, funky and 63 more...
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