intermeddle
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"I have considered it as a matter between every man and his Maker, in which no other, and far less the public, had a right to intermeddle."
From Time Magazine Archive
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Is a statute less objection able which authorizes expenditure of Fed eral moneys to induce action in a field in which the United States has no power to intermeddle?
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"That is an interior affair belonging to the new organization of Germany," said Benedetti, "in which the emperor has not the slightest wish to intermeddle."
From For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time by Johann Ferdinand Martin Oskar Meding
"Who desires thee to intermeddle in this matter, Sancho?" said Don Quixote.
From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
You understand, my dear sir, that nothing would have tempted me to intermeddle in this affair, were the case precisely what you have supposed.
From Jessamine A Novel by Marion Harland
Thus, the man who intermeddled irregularly with the moveables of a person deceased, was subjected to all the debts of the deceased, without limitation.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces by Samuel Johnson
Nor do they ever name any of those great personages who have intermeddled in civil affairs, but only to scoff at them and abolish their glory.
From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch
When the English and Dutch intermeddled in the succession of Spain, they appeared as allies to the Emperor, Charles the Sixth.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
And it was told the king, but he intermeddled not with her.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Various (magazine) Harper
While slavery did not in any way harm New England, she intermeddled in a mood of moral fanaticism.
From Children of the Market Place by Edgar Lee Masters
Such an arrangement would provide protection for the universities and athletes from intermeddling by third parties, particularly boosters and agents.
From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2014
Sometimes the Doctrine is shrunk to mean little more than that the U. S. will attempt to discourage European intermeddling in Latin America.
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Protesting in her behalf, Wolvovitz's co-counsel Jon Pushinsky found himself held in contempt and handed a 30-day suspended sentence for "officious intermeddling."
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If any Act of Parliament might be called unconstitutional, uninvited intermeddling with the constitution of a self-governing colony would be so.
From The New Irish Constitution by J. H. Morgan
As I never anticipated the possibility of being rivaled by my companion, I wish you distinctly to understand that I intend to brook no intermeddling of any one of that class.
From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Annie Ashmore
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