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Interloper vs Infringe - What's the difference?

interloper | infringe |

As a noun interloper

is an unlicensed or illegitimate trader.

As a verb infringe is

break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.

interloper

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) An unlicensed or illegitimate trader.
  • One who interferes, intrudes or gets involved where not welcome, particularly a self-interested intruder.
  • They disliked the interloper , and forced him to leave.

    See also

    * gatecrasher, peeping tom, persona non grata, encroacher, backseat driver, kibitzer, meddler, nosy parker, marplot, buttinsky, busybody

    References

    infringe

    English

    Alternative forms

    * enfringe

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • Break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Obama goes troll-hunting , passage=According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.}}
  • Break in or encroach on something.
  • Synonyms

    transgress

    Derived terms

    * infringement * infringer

    Anagrams

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