tamper with
Example Sentences
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Law enforcement on Tuesday released photos and video of a masked individual appearing to tamper with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door on the morning of her disappearance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
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
Prosecutors have opposed Combs’ attempts to be released on bail, alleging that Combs has continued to try to tamper with witnesses and has broken prison rules.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2024
And if it is necessary to rearrange one’s memories or to tamper with written records, then it is necessary to forget that one has done so.
From "1984" by George Orwell
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
