intruder

noun

Definition of intrudernext
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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  1. spy
  2. interloper
  3. busybody
  4. informant
Noun
  • Zoom in: Both President Biden and President-elect Trump — and many spies, diplomats and defense officials personally involved in the tumultuous events of the last year — agree that Assad was doomed by the weakening of his allies, Russia and Iran.
    Barak Ravid, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
  • This John and Jane Smith are two lonely strangers who sign up for a mysterious spy agency and get paired together, posing as a married couple.
    EW.com, EW.com, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of spy
Noun
  • He’s widely seen as an interloper, a clown, disrupting and degrading a sport that’s supposed to be meritocratic.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Musicians should not be interlopers, Peled says, but fixtures in their neighborhoods.
    Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of interloper
Noun
  • Of all people to hand a secret to, a religious busybody has to be among the worst.
    Caroline Framke, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Fiona Shaw plays the maiden sister of Roger Muldoon, friend of Grace, general busybody, possessor of zero ability to read a room.
    Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of busybody
Noun
  • This information was passed off to the DEA from an informant working for the airline who was being paid whenever agents seized cash based on their tips.
    Andrew Wimer, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • But just as Tomás acclimates to his new life, he is asked by his former boss (and then threatened by state police forces) to essentially become an informant.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of informant
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