interloper

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He would forever be seen as the interloper, the illegitimate beneficiary of the largest fraud ever committed.

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  1. noun One that interferes with the affairs of others, often for selfish reasons; a meddler.
  2. noun One that intrudes in a place, situation, or activity: "When these interlopers choke out native species, ecologists see a danger signal” (William K. Stevens).
  3. noun Archaic One that trespasses on a trade monopoly, as by conducting unauthorized trade in an area designated to a chartered company.
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  • Now, this new interloper was here and her resemblance to Kat was so damned creepy. —  Jackson, Lisa - See How she dies 2
  • At its nearest approach, the orange interloper was about as distant from Primary as this system's ringed giant from its sun A brief, perhaps one percent increase in heating. —  AnalogSFF,June2006
  • He would forever be seen as the interloper, the illegitimate beneficiary of the largest fraud ever committed. —  POLITICO MAFIOSO
  • Meanwhile, back in the Hills, Stephanie takes her new boyfriend Cameron out to dinner with Heidi and Spencer, and naturally someone behaves like a petulant baby by calling the interloper "Stephanie's first boyfriend" and bringing up that old Doug song and dance. —  Jaunted - The Pop Culture Travel Guide
  • We on the shore could not help laughing heartily when shortly we saw a string of over a dozen fishing boats harnessed tandem in one long line towing the interloper--as they had the blackleg--away up the inlet where they moored and guarded her.
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disturber ·  impostor ·  usurper ·  intruder ·  trespasser ·  schemer ·  pretender ·  rapist ·  time-server ·  upstart ·  renegade ·  outsider

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interloper:   interlopers
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  1. inter- + probably Middle Dutch lōper, runner (from lōpen, to run).

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  1. from Dutch enterlooper, a coaster, a coasting vessel, hence a smuggler, smuggling vessel (one that runs in and out along the coast), from French entre, between (see enter-, inter-), + Dutch looper (= English leaper), a runner, from loopen = English leap, run: see leap, lope. The F. interlope, Spanish intérlope, an interloper (vessel), interloping, are from English
 

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/ˈɪntərloʊpər/
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