TAMPERING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tampering mean? 

• TAMPERING (noun)
  The noun TAMPERING has 1 sense:

1. the act of altering something secretly or improperly

  Familiarity information: TAMPERING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAMPERING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of altering something secretly or improperly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

meddling; tampering

Hypernyms ("tampering" is a kind of...):

change of state (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)

Derivation:

tamper (intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly)

 Context examples 

“Someone has been tampering with it,” he said.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Nevertheless, I forbid you, I distinctly forbid your tampering with my ship.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)