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INTERLOPE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they interlope ... he / she / it interlopes
Past simple: interloped
Past participle: interloped
-ing form: interloping
Sense 1
Meaning:
Encroach on the rights of others, as in trading without a proper license
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "interlope" is one way to...):
interfere; interpose; intervene; step in (get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
interloper (someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission)
