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tamper

[tam-per] / ˈtæm pər /




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When agents go rogue, they can tamper with or delete valuable files.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

The e-passport includes a small chip that stores biometric information, making it harder to forge or tamper with the document.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025

The most plausible answer, of course, is that Luke’s account was finished before their deaths and no one in subsequent decades felt sufficiently bold to tamper with it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Both antibiotics tamper with bacteria's ability to make new proteins by specifically targeting their ribosomes.

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2024

“Keep your mouth shut. If word gets out that Finkle is trying to tamper with his own contest, the whole thing might be called off. And that’s exactly what he wants.”

From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman




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