meddle

meddle
med|dle [ˈmedl] v
[Date: 1200-1300; : Old French; Origin: mesler, medler, from [i]Latin miscere 'to mix']
1.) to deliberately try to influence or change a situation that does not concern you, or that you do not understand
= ↑interfere meddle in
▪ I don't like other people meddling in the way I run this prison.
▪ He accused the US of meddling in China's internal affairs .
meddle with
▪ I'm not the sort of newspaper owner who meddles with editorial policy.
2.) BrE to touch something which you should not touch, especially in a careless way that might break it
meddle with
▪ You have no right to come in here meddling with my things.
>meddler n
>meddling n [U]
>meddling adj [only before noun]
▪ meddling politicians

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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