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officious intermeddler Law Definition

n

A person who acts to benefit a person without having been asked to do so and without having had a contractual or legally recognized interest in doing so, and then seeks compensation or restitution for the act from the beneficiary, even  though he has no legal grounds to do so.

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  1. ‹ officious
  2. ‹ officinal
  3. ‹ officiate
  4. ‹ officiary
  5. ‹ officiant
  6. ‹ officially
  7. ‹ officialism
  8. ‹ officialese
  9. ‹ officialdom
  10. ‹ official
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