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tamper

/'tæmpər/

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noun
a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
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Similar:

tamp tamping bar

type of:
tool
verb
play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
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"Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"

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fiddle monkey

type of:
manipulate
verb
intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly
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meddle

type of:
intervene interpose interfere step in

Examples of tamper

"Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"