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tamper

 
Noun tamper has 1 sense
  1. tamp, tamper, tamping bar - a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
    --1 is a kind of tool
    --1 has particulars: stemmer
    Derived form: verb tamp1
Verb tamper has 2 senses
  1. tamper, fiddle, monkey - play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly; "Someone tampered with the documents on my desk"; "The reporter fiddle with the facts"
    --1 is one way to manipulate
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. meddle, tamper - intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly; "Don't meddle in my affairs!"
    --2 is one way to intervene, step in, interfere, interpose
    Derived form: noun tampering1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
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