verb
- to interfere in or try to alter or influence something that is not one’s concern
Usage: often used with ‘in’ or ‘with’
Examples
- Don’t meddle in other people’s business.
- She accused her mother-in-law of meddling in her marriage.
- The government shouldn’t meddle with the free market.
- Stop meddling with the thermostat!
- He tends to meddle in affairs that don’t concern him.
- The coach warned parents not to meddle in team decisions.