tamper
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When agents go rogue, they can tamper with or delete valuable files.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
Recorded at 1:47 a.m. on Feb. 1, they show an individual, wearing a balaclava, gloves and a backpack, appearing to tamper with the camera at Guthrie’s front porch the morning of her disappearance.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
It also says that the product "features tamper detection technology to prevent people from covering that light".
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026
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
“Any stranger who tried to tamper with the boat would be seen? There is no access to the harbour by public foot-path?”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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