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Intrude

//ɪnˈtɹuːd// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass. intransitive

    "to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another"

  2. 2
    thrust oneself in as if by force wordnet
  3. 3
    To force in. transitive
  4. 4
    enter uninvited wordnet
  5. 5
    search or inquire in a meddlesome way wordnet
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  1. 6
    enter unlawfully on someone's property wordnet

Etymology

From Latin intrudere, from in- + trudere (“to thrust”).

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