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.
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When an unsuspecting customer tries to purchase a gift card that has been tampered with, the money is diverted to scammers instead of being loaded onto the card.
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2025
That’s what happened to one unlucky consumer who encountered a bizarre case of product tampering with his GPU purchase.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 30 May 2025
Officials said an audit yielded evidence that more than 400 vials of the drugs had been tampered with at 17 of the city’s 34 fire stations, including a box of vials missing from a Station 4 fire engine.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 19 May 2025
Security footage captured the men tampering with a cell door, fleeing via a loading dock and running across a highway.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 19 May 2025
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2025
That’s what happened to one unlucky consumer who encountered a bizarre case of product tampering with his GPU purchase.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 30 May 2025
Officials said an audit yielded evidence that more than 400 vials of the drugs had been tampered with at 17 of the city’s 34 fire stations, including a box of vials missing from a Station 4 fire engine.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 19 May 2025
Security footage captured the men tampering with a cell door, fleeing via a loading dock and running across a highway.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 19 May 2025
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“Tamper with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tamper%20with. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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