tamper with

phrasal 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.

Examples of tamper with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Across the country, local election directors are beefing up their security to keep their workers and polling places safe while also ensuring that ballots and voting procedures won’t be tampered with. Chris Morris, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2024 Music took here its full prophetic vastness, got wilder, and called for an absolute quest where no one else came in to tamper with intentions. Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 20 Sep. 2024 Notarization does come with benefits for users—users can be sure that the apps haven't been tampered with and can run them with minimal hassle from Gatekeeper, macOS's app-screening security feature. Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 18 Sep. 2024 Tuesday’s attack was believed to have involved interception and tampering with a shipment of some 5,000 pagers set to go for Hezbollah, and planted with a small amount of explosives. Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tamper with 

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“Tamper with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tamper%20with. Accessed 11 Oct. 2024.

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