intrude

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To come into a place or situation where you are not wanted or invited.

   I'm sorry to intrude, but I really need to speak with you.

2. 2
   verb

   To enter someone's property without permission.

   A stranger intruded into the garden during the night.

3. 3
   verb

   To interfere with or disturb someone's privacy or peace.

   The journalists intruded on the family's grief.

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

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