[VN] ~ (in sth) to get involved in and try to influence a situation that does not concern you, in a way that annoys other people:
I wish my mother would stop interfering and let me make my own decisions. * The police are very unwilling to interfere in family problems.
PHRASALVERBS
interfere with sb (BrE) to touch a child in a sexual way
interfere with sth
1 to prevent sth from succeeding or from being done or happening as planned:
She never allows her personal feelings to interfere with her work.
2 to touch, use or change sth, especially a piece of equipment, so that it is damaged or no longer works correctly:
I'd get fired if he found out I'd been interfering with his records.
