MEDDLE


Meaning of MEDDLE in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

interfere/meddle in politics

He warned the army against interfering in politics.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

affair

And if you didn't insist on meddling in large affairs that affect the globe, you would actually be charming.

Gelbard in turn was accused by the government of meddling in national affairs .

A country's strategic geographical position might invite super-power attention and meddling in its internal affairs .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Church leaders shouldn't meddle in politics.

Most of us don't know our neighbors well enough to meddle with their lives.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But to see, to meddle , to intrude, that was Lionel all over.

Nobody helped anybody, nobody meddled.

Of course we should not endlessly meddle and interfere with the electricity industry in Northern Ireland.

Or a man who meddled in the black arts?

Since the mid-1990s, the censors have meddled a great deal more.

To them, she appeared an interfering busybody, a pushy incomer meddling with their heritage.

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