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mar⋅plot

  [mahr-plot]
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–noun
a person who mars or defeats a plot, design, or project by meddling.
Origin:
1700–10; mar + plot
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HazMasterG3
Comprehensive CBRNE/IED capability DHS approved anti-terror technology
www.alluviam.com
mar·plot   (mär'plŏt')   
n.  An officious meddler whose interference compromises the success of an undertaking.

[After Marplot, a character in The Busy Body, a play by Susannah Centlivre (1669-1723).]
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