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intruder

noun as in person who trespasses

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Walker says that he was under the impression that the officers were intruders, and is protected by Kentucky’s Stand Your Ground law according to his legal council.

The no-knock warrant ban stemmed from the shooting death of Breonna Taylor in March, when Louisville police broke down her apartment door in the middle of the night and her boyfriend, mistaking officers for intruders, opened fire.

We’d assumed our supplies would be safe from intruders, but the flimsy windows were no match for a hungry bear.

He had a registered handgun and fired it once at the intruders.

In this case, Taylor’s boyfriend saw the police and thought they were intruders.

“Ordinarily, you see punch-counterpunch-punch,” as the attacked party tries to fend off the intruder, the former official said.

Pistorius maintains that he mistook Steenkamp for an intruder.

In spite of these reports of student anxiety, state lawmakers continue to pass new regulations requiring intruder drills.

One day the site caught an intruder attempting to copy their conversations.

Pistorius claims he thought the person in the bathroom was an intruder and that his girlfriend was sleeping in their bed.

A terrific yell of rage burst from every one, and each hastily threw something or other at the bold intruder.

He locked the door as he spoke, and then, striding forward in a towering rage, threatened vengeance on the intruder.

Upon the intruder he turned a crimson, furious face, perspiration gleaming like varnish on brow and nose.

As Garnache's tall figure loomed before him he let the girl go and turned a half-laughing, half-startled face upon the intruder.

Maxgregor grimly intimated that the basin was at the disposal of the intruder, who did not cease to pour out floods of apologies.

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On this page you'll find 26 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to intruder, such as: burglar, criminal, infiltrator, interloper, invader, and raider.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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