tampering

verb

Definition of tamperingnext
present participle of tamper
as in fiddling

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tampering
  1. fooling
  2. invading
  3. trespassing
  4. playing
  5. intervening
Verb
  • At one point, Stevenson, who is entering his second season, even let out a deep sigh when asked about the difficulty of covering Allen, a seasoned vet skilled in fooling defensive backs.
    Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
  • Feminist activism wasn’t based on fooling women to give up something great.
    Marissa C. Rhodes / Made by History, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of fooling
Verb
  • Look for identifiers in employee behavior to unearth anything unusual without invading privacy.
    James Henderson, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The Last Dance debuted in late October and starred Tom Hardy as a journalist who is possessed by Venom in a bid to stop even more malevolent aliens from invading earth.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of invading
Verb
  • Excessive, continuous, or untimely barking, molesting passersby, chasing vehicles, habitually attacking other domestic animals, trespassing upon school grounds, or trespassing on private property that leads to damaged property is deemed a nuisance.
    Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Dec. 2024
  • He was also arrested for trespassing onto a construction site in Osaka.
    Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of trespassing
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  • Some fans say folk purists were booing because Dylan was playing electric, while others say the ruckus was merely over the distorted sound.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Georgia, playing in its second Hoopsgiving event this year, made a VII Group trip to Italy in July 2023.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of playing
Verb
  • That's a worrying sign to anyone who may have been banking on zombies starving to death in the intervening years.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
  • In the intervening years, South Korea has evolved to become a leading Asian democracy and commercial powerhouse, whose main industries include steel, textiles, consumer electronics and car manufacturing.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, The Courier-Journal, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of intervening
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