tamper with
Example Sentences
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Recorded at 1:47 a.m. on Feb. 1, they show an individual, wearing a balaclava, gloves and a backpack, appearing to tamper with the camera at Guthrie’s front porch the morning of her disappearance.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
During a Test against South Africa, Smith admitted Australia's "leadership group" devised a plan to tamper with the ball.
From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025
The most plausible answer, of course, is that Luke’s account was finished before their deaths and no one in subsequent decades felt sufficiently bold to tamper with it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
Both antibiotics tamper with bacteria's ability to make new proteins by specifically targeting their ribosomes.
From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2024
“Any stranger who tried to tamper with the boat would be seen? There is no access to the harbour by public foot-path?”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
