intrude (verb)

  • 71encroach — en·croach /in krōch/ vi [Anglo French encrocher, probably alteration of acrocher to catch hold of, seize, usurp, from Old French, from a , prefix stressing goal + croc hook]: to enter esp. gradually or stealthily into the possessions or rights of …

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  • 72tres´pass|er — tres|pass «TREHS puhs, pas», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. a) to go on somebody s property without any right: »The farmer put up “No Trespassing” signs to keep hunters off his farm. SYNONYM(S): encroach, infringe, invade. See syn. under intrude. (Cf.… …

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  • 73tres|pass — «TREHS puhs, pas», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. a) to go on somebody s property without any right: »The farmer put up “No Trespassing” signs to keep hunters off his farm. SYNONYM(S): encroach, infringe, invade. See syn. under intrude. (Cf. ↑intrude) b)… …

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  • 74trespass — tres·pass 1 / tres pəs, ˌpas/ n [Anglo French trespas violation of the law, actionable wrong, from Old French, crossing, passage, from trespasser to go across, from tres across + passer to pass]: wrongful conduct causing harm to another: as a: a… …

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  • 75infringe — in·fringe /in frinj/ vb in·fringed, in·fring·ing [Medieval Latin infringere, from Latin, to break, crush, from in in + frangere to break] vt: to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another the right of the people to keep and …

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  • 76interfere — in·ter·fere vi fered, fer·ing 1: to act in a way that impedes or obstructs others 2: to enter into the concerns of others Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 77invade — in·vade vt in·vad·ed, in·vad·ing 1: to encroach upon: infringe invading a constitutional right 2: to make payments out of (a fund from which payments are not ordinarily made) authorized the trustee to invade the principal for educationa …

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  • 78obtrude — I verb accroach, break in, burst in, butt in, encroach, force, impose, inculcare, infringe, ingerere, interfere, interlope, intermeddle, interpose, interrupt, intervene, intrude, invade, meddle, trespass II index accroach, encroach …

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  • 79meddle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. tamper; interfere, intrude. See between. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To interfere in others affairs] Syn. intermeddle, interpose, interfere, obtrude, interlope, intervene, pry, snoop, impose oneself,… …

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  • 80obtrude — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. intrude, thrust, interfere. See between. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. 1. intrude impose, *barge in, meddle, interrupt, *butt in, *stick one s nose in, *pry, *horn in. 2. extrude stick out,… …

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