Interloper 1100 Words You Need Week 16 Day 1

Interloper 1100 Words You Need

Interloper 1100 Words You Need

/ˈɪn.təˌləʊ.pəʳ/ (noun)

an intruding person who becomes involved in an activity which does not concern them, an intruder into a gathering or social event, gatecrasher, impostor, meddler, trespasser:

I also agree that the doctor’s conduct is to be differentiated from that of, for example, an interloper who maliciously switches off a life support machine because, although the interloper may perform exactly the same act as the doctor who discontinues life support, his doing so constitutes interference with the life-prolonging treatment then being administered by the doctor. Accordingly, whereas the doctor, in discontinuing life support, is simply allowing his patient to die of his pre-existing condition, the interloper is actively intervening to stop the doctor.

Source: The book: Cases & Materials on Criminal Law

Confronted by the sudden appearance of a multi-volume history of the English theatre from 1660 to 1830 compiled by an unknown provincial antiquary, Collier surely felt that an interloper had encroached upon his territory. The force of Collier’s hypocritical attack on Genest’s work demonstrates not his low opinion of it but rather his fear of being outdone by it.

Source: The book: Writing the History of the British Stage: 1660–1900

“This is a sad, a melancholy occasion; for it becomes my duty to warn you, that this girl is evidently an interloper and an alien. You must be on your guard against her; you must shun her example; if necessary, avoid her company, exclude her from your sports, and shut her out from your converse. Teachers, you must watch her: keep your eyes on her movements, weigh well her words, scrutinize her actions.

Source: https://www.sparknotes.com/

Verb: interlope

Farsi: کسی که در کار دیگران مداخله می کند

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