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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Flavio Bolsonaro on Tuesday visited his father at Federal Police headquarters in Brasilia, where Jair Bolsonaro has been in custody since late November after using a soldering iron to tamper with an ankle monitor he'd been ordered to wear while on house arrest.
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Arkansas Online, 7 Dec. 2025
Department officials did not provide additional information about Valdez’s death, but on Friday announced that Thomas Perales, 38, was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder, abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence and violence of a protection order related to domestic violence.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2025
She was arraigned later that day on charges of tampering with evidence, lying to a police officer and filing a false report, according to records obtained by PEOPLE.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
After receiving the report alleging her drink being tampered with, Rosemont detectives reviewed surveillance from the hotel, which includes video at the hotel bar.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 4 Dec. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 7 Dec. 2025
Department officials did not provide additional information about Valdez’s death, but on Friday announced that Thomas Perales, 38, was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder, abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence and violence of a protection order related to domestic violence.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2025
She was arraigned later that day on charges of tampering with evidence, lying to a police officer and filing a false report, according to records obtained by PEOPLE.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
After receiving the report alleging her drink being tampered with, Rosemont detectives reviewed surveillance from the hotel, which includes video at the hotel bar.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Tamper with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tamper%20with. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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