tampering
noun[U]
uk/ˈtæm.pə.rɪŋ/us/ˈtæm.pɚ.ɪŋ/theactionoftouchingor makingchangesto something that you should not, usually when you aretryingtodamageit or do somethingillegal:
Themedicationscome insealedcontainerstoprotectagainst tampering.
Any tampering with thesystemrisksmaking it lesseffective.
lawspecialized
thecrimeoftryingtochangeevidencein alegalcase, or make awitness(= apersonwho hasseenorknowssomething about acrime)changetheirevidence:
试图篡改证词或企图左右证人的罪行He wasconcernedthat the way she wasinvestigatingthecaseconstitutedobstructionofjusticeor tampering.他担心她审理案件的方式构成了妨碍公正或影响证词。
He waschargedwithwitnesstampering.他被控试图左右证人。
- Thewriterappealsto us toprotectnatureagainsthumantampering.
- Themachinescould belockedbyofficialswhenvotingwas over,preventing- or at leastreducing- tampering.
- A subeditorchangedthenamesthroughoutthepiece, and thenewspaperlaterapologizedto theauthorfor the tampering.
Damaging and spoiling
- adulterate
- adulterated
- adulteration
- alloy
- at the expense ofsomeoneidiom
- at-risk
- erode
- flaw
- foul
- foul(something)up
- gild the lilyidiom
- gloss
- gnaw
- rampage
- ravage
- ravages
- ruin
- scourge
- sour
- wreck
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