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Interloper

One who interlopes; one who interlopes; one who unlawfully intrudes upon a property, a station, or an office; one who interferes wrongfully or officiously.

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Alien 76% connected

Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shore…

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Boarder 76% connected

One who has food statedly at another's table, or meals and lodgings in his house, for pay, or compensation of any kind.

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Encroacher 76% connected

One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of, what is not his own.

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Invader 76% connected

One who invades; an assailant; an encroacher; an intruder.

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Prowler 76% connected

One that prowls.

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Pusher 76% connected

One who, or that which, pushes.

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Sneak 76% connected

To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company.

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Squatter 76% connected

One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully upon land without a title. In the United States and Australia the term is sometimes applied…

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Stalker 76% connected

One who stalks.

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Stranger 76% connected

One who is strange, foreign, or unknown.

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Thruster 76% connected

One who thrusts or stabs.

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Unknown 76% connected

Not known; not apprehended.

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Entrant 76% connected

One who enters; a beginner.

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Intrude 74% connected

To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseaso…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Intrude 74% connected

To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseaso…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Trespass 74% connected

To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go.

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Trespass 74% connected

To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to go.

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Synonym 2

Intruder 92% connected

One who intrudes; one who thrusts himself in, or enters without right, or without leave or welcome; a trespasser.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Trespasser 92% connected

One who commits a trespass

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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