Thesaurus: tamper

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1. n. One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed.
2. n. An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron.
3. v. i. To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease.
4. v. i. To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing.
5. v. i. To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery.
6. n. a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
7. v. play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
8. v. intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly
9. 1. One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed. 2. An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron. 1. To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease. 'T is dangerous tampering with a muse. Roscommon. 2. To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing. 3. To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery. Others tampered For Fleetwood, Desborough, and Lambert. Hudibras.
10. v:100 v. play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly