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interfere (in another's affairs or business); or handle (something that shouldn't be handled)

meddling = interfering (getting involved where not wanted)

meddle = interfere

It was a bit late to repair the damage, but Harry swore to himself not to meddle in things that weren't his business from now on.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

meddle = get involved

Only, another time do not meddle with my game.
Rudyard Kipling -- The Jungle Book

meddle = interfere

For some reason, my first year of school had wrought a great change in our relationship: Calpurnia's tyranny, unfairness, and meddling in my business had faded to gentle grumblings of general disapproval.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

meddling = interfering

I want no messing about when you go in! No touching, no meddling, and no tasting!
Roald Dahl -- Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

meddling = interfering (in another's affairs or business); or handling (something that shouldn't be handled)

...and she says: "WELL, you get all the enjoyment you can out of it NOW, for mind I tell you if I catch you meddling with him again—"
Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

meddling = interfering

Harry was halfway toward it before he remembered what he'd promised himself about not meddling.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

meddling = getting involved in things that are not his responsibility

But, son, I am angry that thou shouldst meddle in the business that belongs to these dirty Assamese jungle folk.
Rudyard Kipling -- The Jungle Book

meddle = interfere

Well, he can make somebody's will so airtight can't anybody meddle with it.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

meddle = interfere (with the stated desires)

Who told you you might meddle with such hifalut'n foolishness, hey?
Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

meddle = interfere

"Well, I'll learn her how to meddle.
Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

meddle = interfere

meddling = interfering

I was in a sweat then, and watched him pretty keen. But he never meddled at all; just slid the lid along as soft as mush, and screwed it down tight and fast. So there I was! I didn't know whether the money was in there or not.
Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

meddled = manipulated something that shouldn't be handled

The duke told him to make himself free and easy, and if anybody ever come meddling around, he must hop out of the wigwam, and carry on a little, and fetch a howl or two like a wild beast, and he reckoned they would light out and leave him alone.
Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

meddling = interfering

The dead Tenorio who had meddled with the fate of Narciso and Ultima would be carted away from our hills.
Rudolfo Anaya -- Bless Me, Ultima
"Yes," said Astaroth, "but he has learned that little boys should not meddle in such big affairs.
Henry H. Neff -- The Second Siege
And if I deny your right, Mozart, to interfere with the Steppenwolf, and to meddle in his destiny?
Hermann Hesse -- Steppenwolf
Besides, I meddle not the least with any party, but write without passion, prejudice, or ill-will against any man, or number of men, whatsoever.
Jonathan Swift -- Gulliver's Travels
Nay, said sir Dinas, I shall never trust them that once betrayed me, and therefore, as ye have begun, so end, for I will never meddle with you.
Thomas Malory -- Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume I

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