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meddle

med·dle [ médd'l ] (past and past participle med·dled, present participle med·dling, 3rd person present singular med·dles)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
interfere in somebody else's concerns: to become involved in somebody else's concerns or with somebody else's property in an intrusive or unwanted way
I don't mean to meddle, just to offer advice.

[13th century. < Old French me(s)dler, variant of mesler< assumed Vulgar Latin misculare "mix thoroughly"]

med·dler noun
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