tamper

Definition of Tamper in English :

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Noun

1. tamp, tamper, tamping bar

a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)

Verb

2. fiddle, monkey, tamper

play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly

Example Sentences:
'Someone tampered with the documents on my desk'
'The reporter fiddle with the facts'

3. meddle, tamper

intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly

Example Sentences:
'Don't meddle in my affairs!'

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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tamper

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verb (intransitive)

1. (usually foll by with)

to interfere or meddle

2.

to use corrupt practices such as bribery or blackmail

3. (usually foll by with)

to attempt to influence or corrupt, esp by bribery

to tamper with the jury

noun

1.

a person or thing that tamps, esp an instrument for packing down tobacco in a pipe

2.

a casing around the core of a nuclear weapon to increase its efficiency by reflecting neutrons and delaying the expansion

Tamper

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verb intransitive

Archaic

to contrive something secretly; plot; scheme

noun

a person or thing that tamps; specif., any of various instruments or tools for tamping

Tamper

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v. tam·pered, tam·per·ing, tam·pers

v.intr.

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. To engage in improper or secret actions, as in an effort to influence an outcome: tamper with evidence; tamper with a jury.

2. To tinker rashly or foolishly: "The ability of chemists to create new drugs from natural compounds raises an old argument about whether human beings should tamper with nature" (Andrew Weil).

v.tr.

To alter improperly.

n.

A neutron reflector in an atomic bomb that also delays the expansion of the exploding material, making possible a longer-lasting, more energetic, and more efficient explosion.

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