verb🔗ShareTo make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something)."The alarm had been tampered with and didn’t go off when it should have."actionlawpoliceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo try to influence someone, usually in an illegal or devious way; to try to deal (with someone)."Prosecutors argued that he would tamper with witnesses if bail was granted."politicslawactiongovernmentpolicemoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo meddle (with something) in order to corrupt or pervert it."The student tampered with the experiment's data, hoping to get a better grade. "actionpolicelawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo involve oneself (in a plot, scheme, etc.)."She suspected her brother had tampered in her plan to surprise their mother, because he seemed to know all the details. "actionplanpoliticslawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo attempt to practise or administer something (especially medicine) without sufficient knowledge or qualifications."The teenager tampered with his little sister's broken arm by trying to set the bone himself, despite having no medical training. "medicinejoblawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(in professional sports) To discuss future contracts with a player, against league rules."The team was fined because they tampered with the star player by offering him a contract before he was legally allowed to negotiate. "sportbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
