tamper

Example Sentences

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Law enforcement on Tuesday released photos and video of a masked individual appearing to tamper with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door on the morning of her disappearance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 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

"We ask visitors not to tamper with any art on display," they added.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2025

“Utility companies have a troubling history of exploiting the chaos during and after major fires to destroy or tamper with critical evidence,” Ali Moghaddas, an attorney with Edelson PC, said in an email.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2025

A sectional understanding had emerged whereby northern states had agreed not to tamper with the property rights of southern states.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis