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noun

Intruder n.

One who intrudes; one who thrusts himself in, or enters without right, or without leave or welcome; a trespasser. "They were all strangers and intruders."

Specifically: A person who enters a private residence or place of business with the intention to perform a criminal act; as, killed by an intruder.

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Etymology of 'Intruder'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Intruder" Quotes from Famous Books

... I have said. It was on one of the side streets, to be sure, but it was yet a palace, and a beautiful one. And that street! It was a rivulet of beauty, in which could be seen myriads of golden-hued fish at play, which as the gondola passed to and fro would flirt into hiding until the intruder had passed out of sight in the Grand Canal, after which they would come slowly back again to render the silver waters almost golden ...

— The Water Ghost and Others • John Kendrick Bangs

... satisfy herself at least as to its contents. With difficulty, for something seemed to resist her efforts, she raised the lid a few inches; but at that moment a sudden knocking at the door of the room made her, starting, quit her hold, and the lid closed with alarming violence. This ill-timed intruder was Miss Tilney's maid, sent by her mistress to be of use to Miss Morland; and though Catherine immediately dismissed her, it recalled her to the sense of what she ought to be doing, and forced her, in spite ...

— Persuasion • Jane Austen

... from where he was stretched along. He continued, however, still to breathe hard, as one in a deep sleep. Another moment, and a man was stealthily raising himself to his knees inside the tent. Then the intruder raised his arm. Jacob, concealed by a fold of the tent, could just make out that the man's hand grasped some weapon. The next instant there was a plunge downward of the hand, and a suppressed exclamation of surprise. But Jacob waited to see and hear no more. ...

— Frank Oldfield - Lost and Found • T.P. Wilson

... creases. A few minutes later she laid her head down on it and proceeded to create some more. There was only one comfort in the throng of scorching reflections: this was that it had not been Berta's voice that had called her an intruder. Perhaps Berta did not think she had done something so awfully wicked ...

— Beatrice Leigh at College - A Story for Girls • Julia Augusta Schwartz

... many who really belonged in the camp, tramping around it, there was little likelihood of an alien foot being discovered. Nevertheless, Bud hoped for something of this sort. But it was not to be. No trace of the midnight intruder, who had left the ominous warning, was discovered. And yet he had come and gone—had even penetrated to the tent where ...

— The Boy Ranchers in Camp - or The Water Fight at Diamond X • Willard F. Baker

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