Tampers
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:11 ptsWWF:13 pts7 letters
Definition of Tampers
noun
- A person or thing that tamps.
- A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.
- A railway vehicle used to tamp down ballast.
- An envelope of neutron-reflecting material in a nuclear weapon, used to delay the expansion of the reacting material and thus produce a longer-lasting and more energetic explosion.
verb
- To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).
"The alarm had been tampered with and didn’t go off when it should have."
- To try to influence someone, usually in an illegal or devious way; to try to deal (with someone).
"Prosecutors argued that he would tamper with witnesses if bail was granted."
- To meddle (with something) in order to corrupt or pervert it.
- To involve oneself (in a plot, scheme, etc.).
- To attempt to practise or administer something (especially medicine) without sufficient knowledge or qualifications.
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