tamper with
Idioms-
Interfere or meddle, especially in a harmful way. For example, If you tamper with that lock it's sure to break . [c. 1600]
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Engage in improper or secret dealings, as in He was accused of tampering with the jury . [c. 1600]
Example Sentences
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Nancy Guthrie’s mysterious disappearance sparked a frantic multiweek search by law enforcement focused on video footage that showed a masked person wearing gloves and a backpack appearing to tamper with a camera at her front door in Tucson, Ariz., the morning she disappeared.
“If I have instincts I feel are right, I don’t want anyone to tamper with them,” he told After Dark magazine in 1973.
From Los Angeles Times
Recorded at 1:47 a.m. on Feb. 1, they show an individual, wearing a balaclava, gloves and a backpack, appearing to tamper with the camera at Guthrie’s front porch the morning of her disappearance.
From Los Angeles Times
Law enforcement on Tuesday released photos and video of a masked individual appearing to tamper with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door on the morning of her disappearance.
During a Test against South Africa, Smith admitted Australia's "leadership group" devised a plan to tamper with the ball.
From BBC
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