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tamper::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | tamp, tamping bar |
| Type of | tool |
| Has types | stemmer |
| Derivation | tamp |
tamper::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fiddle, monkey |
| Type of | manipulate |
Someone tampered with the documents on my desk.
Examples of tamper
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You tamper with a formula and a story this beloved, you do it at your own peril.
From the kentucky.com
Thus any attempt to tamper with so broad a consensus was bound to cause trouble.
From the time.com
Blend for 45 seconds, using the tamper to press the ingredients into the blades.
From the timesunion.com
Shrink bands are applied over parts of packages for tamper resistance or labels.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Compact the material by soaking it with water and tamping it with a hand tamper.
From the sfgate.com
Some experts in the U.S. question how tamper-proof electronic-voting systems are.
From the businessweek.com
The task of creating a tamper-proof registration system undoubtedly is complex.
From the sacbee.com
The new stamps also will be printed on tamper-proof paper to prevent forgeries.
From the washingtonpost.com
Making cafeteria food healthier will not tamper with my generation's education.
From the charlotteobserver.com
- Play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly; "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts"
- Tamp: a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
- Meddle: intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly; "Don't meddle in my affairs!"
- (tampering) meddling: the act of altering something secretly or improperly
- (Tampering (crime)) Tampering can refer to a variety of forms of sabotage but the term is often used to mean intentional modification of products in a way that would make them harmful to the consumer. ...
- (Tampering (sport)) In professional team sports, tapping up (British English) or tampering (American English) is an attempt to persuade a player contracted to one team to transfer to another team, without the knowledge or permission of the player's current team. ...
- A person or thing that tamps; To alter by making unauthorized changes; to meddle; To discuss future contracts against league rules with a player
- (Tampering) The process of adjusting a stable process to try to compensate for a result that is undesirable or for a result that is extra good, the output that follows will be worse than if the tamperer had left the process alone.
- (Tampering) Action taken to compensate for variation within the control limits of a stable system; tampering increases rather than decreases variation, as evidenced in the funnel experiment.
