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in·trude

(ĭn-tro͞od′)

v. in·trud·ed, in·trud·ing, in·trudes

v.tr.

1. To put or force in inappropriately, especially without invitation, fitness, or permission: intruded opinion into a factual report.

2. Geology To thrust (molten rock) into preexisting rock.

v.intr.

To come in rudely or inappropriately; enter as an improper or unwanted element: "Unpleasant realities have intruded on [his] presidential dreams" (Alexander Stille).

[Middle English intruden, from Latin intrūdere, intrūs-, to thrust in : in-, in; see in-² + trūdere, to thrust; see treud- in Indo-European roots.]

in·trud′er n.

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intruder

(ɪnˈtruːdə)

a person who enters a building, grounds, etc, without permission

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

intruder

An individual, unit, or weapon system, in or near an operational or exercise area, which presents the threat of intelligence gathering or disruptive activity.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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Noun

intruder - someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission

interloper, trespasser

unwelcome person, persona non grata - a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome

boarder - someone who forces their way aboard ship; "stand by to repel boarders"

entrant - someone who enters; "new entrants to the country must go though immigration procedures"

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

stranger, unknown, alien - anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

intruder

noun trespasser, burglar, invader, squatter, prowler, interloper, infiltrator, gate-crasher (informal) He disturbed an intruder in the farmhouse.

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Translations

دَخيل، مُتَطَفِّلمُتَطَفِّلٌ

vetřelec

ubuden gæst

tunkeilija

uljez

boîflenna; óviîkomandi; òjófur

intruso scassinatore

侵入者

침입자

inkräktare

ผู้บุกรุก

davetsiz konuk/misafirdavetsiz misafir

người xâm nhập

入侵者闯入者

intruder

[ɪnˈtruːdəʳ] N → intruso/a m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

intruder

[ɪnˈtruːdə^r] n → intrus(e) m/f
Returning home, she surprised an intruder in her kitchen → De retour chez elle, elle surprit un intrus dans sa cuisine.intruder alarm n → alarme f antieffraction

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

intruder

n → Eindringling m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

intruder

[ɪnˈtruːdəʳ] n (trespasser) → intruso/a; (burglar) → ladro/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

intrude

(inˈtruːd) verb

(sometimes with on) to enter, or cause (something) to enter, when unwelcome or unwanted. He opened her door and said `I'm sorry to intrude'; I'm sorry to intrude on your time.

inˈtruder noun

a person who intrudes, eg a burglar. Fit a good lock to your door to keep out intruders.

inˈtrusion (-ʒən) noun

(an) act of intruding. Please forgive this intrusion.

intruder

→ مُتَطَفِّلٌ vetřelec ubuden gæst Eindringling εισβολέας intruso tunkeilija intrus uljez intruso 侵入者 침입자 indringer inntrenger intruz intruso нарушитель inkräktare ผู้บุกรุก davetsiz misafir người xâm nhập 入侵者

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Dudley Pickering's first impulse was to stride briskly up to the intruder, tap him on the shoulder, and ask him what the devil he wanted; but a second look showed him that the other was built on too ample a scale to make this advisable.

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Considering the man as an intruder on their business, whose success might deprive them of the credit and reward of making the discovery, they took advantage of their superiority in numbers, and of their being first in the field, and carefully misled the stranger before they ventured any further with their own investigations.

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D'Artagnan looked at Athos to know if he ought to reply to this intruder who thus mixed unmasked in their conversation.

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"Sir Wingrave Seton, I believe?" the intruder said cheerfully.

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While these instants lasted, indeed, I had the extraordinary chill of feeling that it was I who was the intruder. It was as a wild protest against it that, actually addressing her--"You terrible, miserable woman!"--I heard myself break into a sound that, by the open door, rang through the long passage and the empty house.

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He was quite alone, and so absorbed that he did not notice the intruder. Mr.

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I am by no means naturally nervous, and the very few glasses of Lafitte which I had sipped served to embolden me no little, so that I felt nothing of trepidation, but merely uplifted my eyes with a leisurely movement, and looked carefully around the room for the intruder. I could not, however, perceive any one at all.

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Before he knew what he was doing, he had slashed the intruder twice and sprung clear.

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Barbicane and his colleagues devoured with their eyes the intruder who had so boldly placed himself in antagonism to their enterprise.

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So radical was the change in him that he seemed almost an intruder in the house.

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And still the King slept on, or mourned the vanity of his might and his power, while the thin-lipped intruder put the impress of his cold and implacable spirit upon the sky and sea.

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It made him nervous to feel himself an intruder; but he had learned to hide his feelings, and they found him quiet and unobtrusive.