please stop meddling in your sister's marriage, even though you mean well
However successful Russia’s meddling efforts ultimately were, their goal was nonetheless realized, whether Trump is capable of accepting it or not.
The president’s supporters say the new system will speed up decision-making, further reduce the army’s ability to meddle in politics and make unstable parliamentary coalitions a thing of the past.
The meeting between Putin and Trump comes as the U.S. president faces relentless pressure over Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russia meddling in the 2016 campaign and whether anyone close to Trump colluded in it.
The Trump administration’s plan to meddle with this program involves blocking China’s access to key American technology.
The same hacker group that meddled with the PyeongChang Olympics appears to be back, this time swinging at biochem labs in Europe.
Regulators have also been meddling in more subtle ways, like ordering brokerage firms or investors not to engage in heavy selling.
Here, Deutch and Powell play two meddling assistants who try to matchmake their high-powered bosses, played by Taye Diggs and Lucy Liu.
The news is full of reports of Russia meddling in U.S. elections, seeding U.S. media with fake news, supporting the Syrian regime and so on.
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Middle English
medlen, from Anglo-French
mesler, medler, from Vulgar Latin
*misculare, from Latin
miscēreto mix — more at
mixbutt in , interfere , interlope , intermeddle , intrude , mess , muck (about or around) , nose , obtrude , poke , pry , snoop ;
Related Wordsintercede , interpose , intervene ;
barge (in) , chisel (in) , encroach , infringe , invade , trespass ;
fiddle , fool , monkey , play , tamper ;
: to become involved in the activities and concerns of other people when your involvement is not wanted
: to change or handle something in a way that is unwanted or harmful
: to be overly involved in someone else's business
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interfere, and
tampermean to get involved with something that is someone else's business.
meddleis used for intruding in an inconsiderate and annoying fashion.
is used for getting in the way of or disturbing someone or something whether intentionally or not.
is used for intruding or experimenting in a way that is wrong or uncalled-for and likely to be harmful.
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