tamper

Example Sentences

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When agents go rogue, they can tamper with or delete valuable files.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

“If I have instincts I feel are right, I don’t want anyone to tamper with them,” he told After Dark magazine in 1973.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

The e-passport includes a small chip that stores biometric information, making it harder to forge or tamper with the document.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 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

“They chose to tamper with fate,” Ultima answered.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya