as in spy
a person who meddles in the affairs of others
an inveterate intruder, he needs to get a life
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Noun
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Elon Musk visited the CIA headquarters on Monday for talks on government efficiency, the spy agency director of public affairs Liz Lyons told Axios.—
Barak Ravid,
Axios,
1 Apr. 2025 -
Chilean writer-director Felipe Gálvez, whose debut feature The Settlers premiered in Cannes in 2023, has set his second feature film as Impunity, a spy thriller set in the late 1990s around the arrest of dictator Augusto Pinochet.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Dinah pretending to be French and fancy and forcing the interlopers to watch her play piano is so iconic.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
28 Mar. 2025
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Some interlopers even made the treacherous journey around the rocky headland that flanks the resort’s half-moon bay to steal onto set.—
Charlie Campbell,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Not that Miss Manners believes that hearing that explanation — or any other — would discourage a determined busybody.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2025
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Of all people to hand a secret to, a religious busybody has to be among the worst.—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
20 Nov. 2024
Noun
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The judge's bond denial, which was upheld by an immigration appeals board, mentioned information from an informant who the government deemed to be credible.—
Camilo Montoya-Galvez,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2025
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That claim was based on an informant’s statements in 2019.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Intruder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intruder. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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