Tamper has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Verb
Noun
1
a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
2
A person or thing that tamps.
Verb
1
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"
2
intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly
"Don't meddle in my affairs!"
3
To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).
Example Sentences
"Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"
verb
"The reporter fiddle with the facts"
verb
"Don't meddle in my affairs!"
verb
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