tamper with
verb
tampered with; tampering with; tampers with
: to change or touch (something) especially in a way that causes damage or harm
Someone tampered with the lock.
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Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the Giveaway or website, who act in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner or who are in violation of these Official Rules, as solely determined by Sponsor, will be disqualified and all associated entries will be void.
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AJC.com, 7 May 2026
As a graduate student at Harvard Business School in 1992, his classmates caught him tampering with votes to help elect himself president of a prestigious student organization, the Finance Club.
—Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Watson and Lyons are also charged with allegedly tampering with physical evidence, online court records show.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
Turner made his move to scoop up his Hawks stake just one day after MLB commissioner Bowie Kuhn suspended the Braves owner for tampering with Gary Matthews in free agency.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 May 2026
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AJC.com, 7 May 2026
As a graduate student at Harvard Business School in 1992, his classmates caught him tampering with votes to help elect himself president of a prestigious student organization, the Finance Club.
—Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Watson and Lyons are also charged with allegedly tampering with physical evidence, online court records show.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
Turner made his move to scoop up his Hawks stake just one day after MLB commissioner Bowie Kuhn suspended the Braves owner for tampering with Gary Matthews in free agency.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 May 2026
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“Tamper with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tamper%20with. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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