Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of tamper
nountampering (plural tamperings)
plural tamperings
- The act of one who tampers.
Despicable trickery at elections; under-handed tamperings with public officers; cowardly attacks upon opponents, with scurrilous newspapers for shields, and hired pens for daggers[…]
1842, Charles Dickens, American Notes for General Circulation. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC
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tampering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tampering
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“tampering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tampering. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tampering,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tampering.
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