tampering

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tampering

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of tamper

noun tamperings

  1. The act of one who tampers. Despicable trickery at elections; under-handed tamperings with public officers; cowardly attacks upon opponents, with scurrilous newspapers for shields, and hired pens for daggers[…]

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Closest in meaning: meddling, distortion, manipulation, jamming, counterfeiting, fiddling, falsification, falsifying, damage, handling, adulteration, misrepresentation, deterioration, spoilage, frivolity, impaired

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@misc{tampering_2026,
  title = {tampering},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tampering},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}