What does tampering mean?
Definitions for tampering
tam·per·ing
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word tampering.
Princeton's WordNet
meddling, tamperingnoun
the act of altering something secretly or improperly
ChatGPT
tampering
Tampering refers to the act of altering or interfering with an object, situation, or process dishonestly or improperly, usually with the aim to falsify, influence, or gain some advantage. It can be applied to various contexts, such as evidence tampering in legal cases or tampering with food or consumer products.
Webster Dictionary
Tampering
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tampering in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tampering in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of tampering in a Sentence
It’s crazy. It’s really sad, to be honest with you, there’s right around 2,000 kids in the portal and most of them do n’t have anywhere to go. There’s so much tampering going on and so many adults manipulating young people. It’s sad, but you know, it it what it is from that standpoint. You’ve got a lot of young people that … there’s a time and a place, but most of the kids are in there when they should n’t be in there.
These allegations have been investigated by The AIU. The AIU is satisfied that there has been no mix up or tampering with the sample.
I'll talk to him about everything, we're going to talk about Ukraine, we're going to be talking about Syria, we'll be talking about elections. And we don't want anybody tampering with elections. We'll be talking about world events. We'll be talking about peace. Maybe we talk about saving billions of dollars on weapons, and maybe we don't.
Besides it being ghoulish behavior...it's tampering with evidence, obviously.
Russia trying to influence or elections dates back to the Soviet Union, what they did here, hacking some emails and releasing them, is not a particularly fancy brand of espionage or propaganda. We were, frankly, more concerned in the run-up to the election to the possibilities of vote tampering, which we did not see evidence of and were confident that we could guard against. In the same interview, President Obama took the Russian hacking idea even further by alleging that Donald Trump in any way has direct ties to Russia.
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Translations for tampering
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- manipulaciónSpanish
- sabotaseIndonesian
- sollicitareLatin
- การปลอมแปลงThai
- giả mạoVietnamese
- 篡改Chinese
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