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- Dictionaryin·trud·er/inˈtro͞odər/
noun
- 1. a person who intrudes, especially into a building with criminal intent: "the intruder had pulled out drawers and dumped their contents on the floor"
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someone who is in a place or situation where they are not wanted: I feel like an intruder when I visit their home. C2. someone who enters a place without permission in order to commit a crime: Intruders had entered the house through a back window. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Miscellaneous criminals.
The meaning of INTRUDE is to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome. How to use intrude in a sentence.
An intruder is someone who enters a place or situation despite not being invited. If a Girl Scout comes to your door to sell you cookies but ends up trying to watch TV with you, you can call her an 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.
An intruder is a person who goes into a place where they are not supposed to be. Police caught the intruders when they sought hospital treatment. Synonyms: trespasser, burglar, invader, squatter More Synonyms of intruder. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. British English pronunciation.
to go into a place or be involved in a situation where you are not wanted or do not belong: Sorry to intrude, but I wanted to insure that this got to your attention.
intruder. noun. /ɪnˈtruːdə (r)/ /ɪnˈtruːdər/ a person who enters a building or an area illegally. The intruder fired at least one more shot at the guard, then fled. Intruder alarms are being fitted in many schools as a way of improving security. Extra Examples. Topics Crime and punishment c1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Join us.
intruder. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English in‧trud‧er /ɪnˈtruːdə $ -ər/ noun [ countable] 1 someone who illegally enters a building or area, usually in order to steal something The police think the intruder got in through an unlocked window. 2 someone who is in a place where they are not wanted At first I felt like an ...
An intruder is a person who goes into a place where they are not supposed to be. [...] More. Synonyms of 'intruder' • trespasser, burglar, invader, squatter [...] More. Collocations with the word 'intruder' armed intruder keep out intruders potential intruder More. Examples of 'intruder' in a sentence.
INTRUDER meaning: 1 : a person who is not welcome or wanted in a place; 2 : a person who enters a place illegally.
