tamper

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1. tamper - Noun

2. tamper - Verb

Meaning

One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed.

An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron.

To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease.

To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing.

To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery.

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I am not complaining, mind you,” the simurgh was saying in a grumpy, peevish tone of voice a while later, "I was merely pointing out that when one must tamper with the forces of nature, it is better to err on the side of caution and of prudence, than to be too liberal. Lin Carter

Your security is not in the hands of Kerry or Bush or al Qaeda. Your security is in your own hands. Each and every state that does not tamper with our security will have automatically assured its own security. Osama bin Laden

Great music is its own movie, already. And the challenge, as a music fan, is to keep the song as powerful as it wants to be, to not tamper with it and to somehow give it a home. Cameron Crowe

If you go to a coffee shop or at the airport, and you're using open wireless, I would use a VPN service that you could subscribe for 10 bucks a month. Everything is encrypted in an encryption tunnel, so a hacker cannot tamper with your connection. Kevin Mitnick

When you mutilate movies for mass media, you tamper with the hearts and minds of America. Warren Beatty

Murder isn't - it really isn't - a thing to tamper with lightheartedly. Agatha Christie

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