intermeddle

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   formal or dated: to interfere officiously in matters that are not one's concern

   The ministry promised not to intermeddle in the company's day-to-day management.

From Middle English entremedlen, borrowed from Anglo-French entremedler, literally 'to mix among', from entre- ('between, among') + medler ('to mix; meddle'). The modern sense narrowed to unwelcome interference.

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