tamper with

verb

tampered with; tampering with; tampers with

Synonyms of tamper with

: to change or touch (something) especially in a way that causes damage or harm

Someone tampered with the lock.

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Meta now estimates that less than one tenth of a percent of all glasses sold have been tampered with, Alex Himel, Meta’s vice president of wearables, told Semafor. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Clint Curtis, the Shasta County registrar of voters, wanted to hire Tina Peters, who served prison time for tampering with voting machines in Colorado. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 Almontes faces charges of murder and tampering with evidence and remains held on $2 million bond. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026 Ray now faces a charge of first-degree murder as well as charges of abuse of a corpse and tampering with physical evidence, Trumann police said in the post. — Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tamper with

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