What does tamper mean?
Definitions for tamper
ˈtæm pərtam·per
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Princeton's WordNet
tamp, tamper, tamping barverb
a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
tamper, fiddle, monkeyverb
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"
meddle, tamperverb
intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly
"Don't meddle in my affairs!"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Tamperverb
Etymology: of uncertain derivation, derived by Stephen Skinner from tempero, Latin.
’Tis in vain
To tamper with your crazy brain,
Without trepanning of your skull
As often as the moon’s at full. Hudibras, p. ii.He tried washes to bring him to a better complexion but there was no good to be done; the very tampering cast him into a disease. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.
That key of knowledge, which should give us entrance into the recesses of religion, is by so much tamperin and wrenching made useless. Decay of Piety.
’Tis dang’rous tampering with a muse,
The profits small, and you have much to lose:
For though true wit adorns your birth or place,
Degenerate lines degrade the attainted race. Wentworth Dillon.Earl Waltheof being overtaken with wine, engaged in a conspiracy; but repenting next morning, repaired to the king, and discovered the whole matter: notwithstanding which he was beheaded upon the defeat of the conspiracy, for having but thus far tampered in it. Joseph Addison, Freeholder.
Others tamper’d
For Fleetwood, Desborough, and Lambert. Hudibras.
ChatGPT
tamper
To tamper is to interfere with something or manipulate it in a damaging or unauthorized way, often in an attempt to alter its default state, functionality or credibility, or to gain some benefit. This term is commonly used in various fields like law and information security. It can also refer to attempts to influence or corrupt something or someone in a harmful or deceitful manner.
Webster Dictionary
Tampernoun
one who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed
Tampernoun
an instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron
Tamperverb
to meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease
Tamperverb
to meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing
Tamperverb
to deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Tamper
tam′pėr, v.i. to try the temper of: to try little experiments without necessity or authority: to meddle: to practise secretly and unfairly.—n. Tam′perer. [A by-form of temper.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tamper in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tamper in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of tamper in a Sentence
We have discovered that beekeeping can help to protect our forests, most of our beehives are on trees near our dam - no one will tamper with (them).
Hopefully they get the bottom of how this bag got open, by whom, and when, where the real evidence is, and it is established why anyone would have an incentive to tamper with a rape kit.
Somebody downloaded, registered and then tried to tamper with it, do something. We caught unauthorized activity, and they immediately got stopped.
The arrest warrant was made because of a risk that evidence might be suppressed, during a search last week there were signs that the accused may tamper with evidence. To influence other suspects or witnesses, or people who could provide information to the investigating authorities.
And now, to have the very person who inspired me to seek justice nominate the attorney who tried to tamper and take away my right to anonymity in my search for justice is just astounding, and really disappointing.
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- snydeDanish
- fälschen, einmischenGerman
- manipular, alterarSpanish
- kajota, peukaloida, sormeillaFinnish
- tripoter, trafiquer, bidouiller, compromettre, altérer, tasse-braiseFrench
- fikta, eiga við, fikta íIcelandic
- manomettereItalian
- 弄くる, 弄るJapanese
- 조작하다Korean
- raweke, pororuaMāori
- manipuleren, prutsen, metDutch
- adulterarPortuguese
- наносить ущерб, возиться, искажать, портить, пест, подделывать, фальсифицироватьRussian
- falsificirati, krivotvoriti, manipuliratiSerbo-Croatian
- manipulera, mixtraSwedish
- karıştırmak, hile karıştırmak, rüşvetle kandırmakTurkish
- چھیڑ چھاڑUrdu
- can you give me some context or more information about the word "tamper" so I can provide an accurate translation in Vietnamese?Vietnamese
- 篡改Chinese
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