tamper
1to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
to make changes in something, especially in order to falsify (usually followed by with): to tamper with official records.
to engage secretly or improperly in something.
to engage in underhand or corrupt dealings, especially in order to influence improperly (usually followed by with): Any lawyer who tries to tamper with a jury should be disbarred.
Origin of tamper
1Other words for tamper
Other words from tamper
- tam·per·er, noun
- un·tam·pered, adjective
How to use tamper in a sentence
They worked with the farmer and he put QR-coded wristbands on each of the chickens, so that they could be surveilled by cameras to prove that they were truly free-range and never tampered with.
“He put QR-coded wristbands on each of the chickens” | Katie McLean | December 18, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThe investigators determined that 145 cases had been tampered with after RUSADA had been reinstated and ordered to turn over the data.
Russia remains barred from Tokyo Olympics after court reduces doping ban to two years | Rick Maese | December 17, 2020 | Washington PostHijazi said his team compared the available download with security alerts identifying the tampered update, and it’s an exact match.
Hackers used a little-known IT vendor to attack U.S. agencies | Verne Kopytoff | December 15, 2020 | FortuneHe brought a discredited witness who accused them of vote tampering instead.
No top contender had a worse week than the Bucks, whose plans to assemble perhaps the league’s best starting five took a major hit when a sign-and-trade with the Sacramento Kings for Bogdan Bogdanovic fell apart amid accusations of tampering.
NBA free agency updates: Lakers get tougher while Jayson Tatum, Donovan Mitchell ink max extensions | Ben Golliver | November 23, 2020 | Washington Post
But the walls were solid and untampered with, and the nails in the floor had clearly not been disturbed for many years.
In Friendship's Guise | Wm. Murray GraydonBarclay received the second letter untampered with, and the rest is plain enough.
The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound | Harold BindlossApparently it had been untampered with, for the key worked perfectly.
The Voice on the Wire | Eustace Hale BallNot a single bar had been wretched; the locks, shutters, and bolts were all untampered with.
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life | Honore de Balzac
British Dictionary definitions for tamper (1 of 2)
/ (ˈtæmpə) /
(usually foll by with) to interfere or meddle
to use corrupt practices such as bribery or blackmail
(usually foll by with) to attempt to influence or corrupt, esp by bribery: to tamper with the jury
Origin of tamper
1Derived forms of tamper
- tamperer, noun
British Dictionary definitions for tamper (2 of 2)
/ (ˈtæmpə) /
a person or thing that tamps, esp an instrument for packing down tobacco in a pipe
a casing around the core of a nuclear weapon to increase its efficiency by reflecting neutrons and delaying the expansion
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