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Tamper

Noun, Verb (intransitive)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

tamper(n = noun.artifact) tamp, tamping bar - a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.);

has particulars: stemmer

is a kind of tool

Derived form verb tamp₁

tamper(v = verb.contact) fiddle, monkey - 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"

is one way to manipulate

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

tamper(v = verb.social) meddle - intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly; "Don't meddle in my affairs!"

is one way to interfere, interpose, intervene, step in

Derived form noun tampering₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Tamper, n.

One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed. [1913 Webster]
An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron. [1913 Webster]

Tamper, v. i. [A corruption of temper.].

To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease. [1913 Webster]
"'T is dangerous tampering with a muse." [1913 Webster]
To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing. [1913 Webster]
To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery. [1913 Webster]
"Others tampered
For Fleetwood, Desborough, and Lambert." [1913 Webster]

Tamper, v.intr. (foll. by with)
1 meddle with or make unauthorized changes in.
2 exert a secret or corrupt influence upon; bribe.

Derivative

tamperer n. tamper-proof adj.

Etymology

var. of TEMPER