1. Projecting inward
   "The intruding agents in these tales themselves often resemble the heroes of the longer fiction"

1. Enter uninvited
   "They intruded on our dinner party";
   - irrupt
    
2. Thrust oneself in as if by force
   "The colours don't intrude on the viewer";
   - obtrude
    
3. Enter unlawfully on someone's property
   "Don't intrude on my land!";
   - trespass
    
4. Inquire, listen or interfere uninvited in a meddlesome way
   "This guy is always intruding around the office";
   - horn in [informal], pry, nose, poke

See also: intrusive, invade, take advantage

Type of: breach, break, bring down, come in, enter, get in, get into, go against, go in, go into, impose, inflict, infract, look, move into, obtrude, offend, outrage, search, transgress, violate, visit

Encyclopedia: Intruding