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    INTERLOPER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permissionplay

    Synonyms:

    interloper; intruder; trespasser

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("interloper" is a kind of...):

    persona non grata; unwelcome person (a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome)

    entrant (someone who enters)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "interloper"):

    boarder (someone who forces their way aboard ship)

    crasher; gatecrasher; unwelcome guest (someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying)

    infiltrator (an intruder (as troops) with hostile intent)

    encroacher; invader (someone who enters by force in order to conquer)

    penetrator (an intruder who passes into or through (often by overcoming resistance))

    prowler; sneak; stalker (someone who prowls or sneaks about; usually with unlawful intentions)

    pusher; thruster (one who intrudes or pushes himself forward)

    squatter (someone who settles on land without right or title)

    alien; stranger; unknown (anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found)

    Derivation:

    interlope (encroach on the rights of others, as in trading without a proper license)

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