meddling
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈmɛd.lɪŋ/
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intromisión
- The politician's meddling in the committee's decisions raised concerns about transparency.
- meddling in affairs
- government meddling
- foreign meddling
So while they did not discuss the election meddling, they did talk about the report itself.
- So while they did not discuss the election meddling, they did talk about the report itself.
- And really the bottom line is Russian, Russia's meddling not just in sports, but in geopolitics.
- And so they're very, very sensitive to any meddling at all in the Eastern Province.
- It it's just the meddling and the micromanaging that goes on in these parent Groupme's.
- We cannot go through an election where Russian meddling actually calls into question the results of the vote tallies.
- Well, he was asked about Russian meddling with our election and whether he believed all of our intelligence agencies or Putin.
- By far my one to me, the one when I watched it, the one thing that stood out my mind is, and this was probably studio meddling, if I had to guess.
- Everything's perilous, right enough, and meddling with Wizards most of all.
- We are taking part in meddling in election.
- People who get as kind of close to the meddling in some respects, people who get upset about, you know, what's going on with other people.
Examples
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Divided, Iraq would be an irresistible target for outside meddling; united, the country would stand a chance of survival.
Academic text (2006) -
As for Oswald's meddling, she could give him the benefit of the doubt.
Fiction book (1999) -
So while they did not discuss the election meddling, they did talk about the report itself.
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I hope we catch those meddling kids and teach them a lesson.
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I suppose you think I'm just a meddling old woman.
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We cannot go through an election where Russian meddling actually calls into question the results of the vote tallies.
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This natural sentiment was seized on by some, and called "political meddling."
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Everything could have been so simple, but everybody's a meddling fool.
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Since 2010, Washington has watched Syrian support for terrorism and meddling in Lebanon increase.
Academic text (2011) -
A protracted power vacuum in Yemen will pave the way for increased foreign meddling.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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4.1
Getting involved in a situation in a way that stops or slows progress
A habit of interfering in other people's affairs
Antonyms
How Interfering
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Meddling comes from an old French verb mesler meaning 'to mix'. Think of someone 'mixing into' other people's business, so the noun meddling is the act of unwanted or secret interference.