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
  • Liverpool are regularly seeing apps that replicate the appearance of genuine tickets — fooling not just first-time visitors to Anfield.
    James Pearce, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The ultimate aim is, with the use of multiple layers of such transformations, fooling malware classifiers into thinking malicious code is, in fact, totally benign.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of fooling
Verb
  • The idea of fear invading any part of the Lions locker room is ludicrous.
    Steve Silverman, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Kevin Harlan has had a number of memorable calls in his broadcast career, ranging from a field-invading cat to a field-invading fan.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of invading
Verb
  • Downey said most off-roader-related calls have been logged as trespassing complaints.
    Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 29 Dec. 2024
  • The nonprofit tried to stop homeless people from trespassing in the building during the past few months by covering doors and installing fencing.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of trespassing
Verb
  • Then something strange happened — the Falcons started playing like one of the best defenses in the league.
    Josh Kendall, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Deion Sanders began his NFL career with the Falcons in 1989, also playing baseball for the New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves well into the 1990s.
    Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of playing
Verb
  • In the wake of Monday night’s crushing overtime loss to the Detroit Pistons, Herro was asked in the intervening days about his chances for an All-Star breakthrough in this sixth Miami Heat season.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2024
  • In the intervening decades, though, the surviving members have seen their statement get chopped and screwed into morsels, divorced from its context.
    Jazmine Hughes, Them, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of intervening
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