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tamper

/tam-per/US // ˈtæm pər //UK // (ˈtæmpə) //

篡改,捣乱,篡改行为,扰乱

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing: Someone has been tampering with the lock.
    • : to make changes in something, especially in order to falsify: to tamper with official records.
    • : to engage secretly or improperly in something.
    • : to engage in underhand or corrupt dealings, especially in order to influence improperly: Any lawyer who tries to tamper with a jury should be disbarred.

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Examples

  • There had been problems of a similar nature which were suspected to be tampering or minor mechanical issues.

  • They will also will admit to conspiracy to tamper with witnesses, the spokeswoman said.

  • He was sentenced to probation not for indecent exposure, but for tampering with public records by switching off his car’s dashboard camera during the stops.

  • This could allow a malicious actor to tamper with a voter’s registration, including preventing it altogether, or to steal a voter’s personal information.

  • It’s designed to automatically analyze videos to determine whether or not algorithms have tampered with the footage.

  • The dirt should then be thrown in and settled by means of a tamper or by flooding with water.

  • It would be an ill return to tamper lightly, and without due consideration, with this young lady's affections.

  • Take this as your motto when you are inclined to tamper with wrong: "Who eats with the devil needs a long-handled spoon."

  • But to tamper with their dialect, or to take it from them, would be to leave them houseless and exposed in their daily business.

  • There is nothing so dangerous,” wrote Lord Campbell, “as for one not of the craft to tamper with our freemasonry.