Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—I

Interpolate

(4 syl.). For two or more persons to polish up something between them. Metaphorically, to insert spurious matter in a book or document; to gag. (Latin, inter polio, to polish.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Interpreter
Interloper
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