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to touch or make changes to something that you should not, usually without enough knowledge of how it works or when you are trying to damage it: I could see immediately that the lock had been tampered with. Tampering with pipelines could result in ruptures or fires. to speak to and try to influence someone involved in a legal case:
: to inflict physical harm, threats, intimidation, or corrupt persuasion with the goal of influencing or preventing a witness's testimony : to engage in witness tampering used with with.
1. a. To interfere in a harmful or disruptive manner; meddle: was worried the editor would tamper with her text. b. To make alterations or adjustments, especially secretly so as to subvert an intended purpose or function: tamper with a lock; discovered that the brakes had been tampered with. c.
verb (used without object) to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with ): Someone has been tampering with the lock. Synonyms: interfere. to make changes in something, especially in order to falsify (usually followed by with ): to tamper with official records.
to touch or make changes to something that you should not, usually without enough knowledge of how it works or when you are trying to damage it: I could see immediately that the lock had been tampered with. Tampering with pipelines could result in ruptures or fires. to speak to and try to influence someone involved in a legal case:
Definition of 'tamper' Word Frequency. tamper. (tæmpəʳ ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense tampers , present participle tampering , past tense, past participle tampered. verb. If someone tampers with something, they interfere with it or try to change it when they have no right to do so.
Other forms: tampered; tampering; tampers. To tamper is to alter or mess with something, usually for a bad reason. Tamper also refers to being nosy about someone's business. Don’t tamper with anything; it’s annoying. Tamper involves sticking your nose where it doesn't belong.
To make alterations or adjustments, especially secretly so as to subvert an intended purpose or function: tamper with a lock; discovered that the brakes had been tampered with. c. To engage in improper or secret actions, as in an effort to influence an outcome: tamper with evidence; tamper with a jury. 2.
to meddle, esp. for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually fol. by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock. to make changes in something, esp. in order to falsify (usually fol. by with): to tamper with official records. to engage secretly or improperly in something.
tamper. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English tam‧per /ˈtæmpə $ -ər/ verb → tamper with something → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus tamper • History is littered with examples of people tinkering, tampering and then tumbling.
