tamper
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A person or thing that tamps: A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.
- A person or thing that tamps: A railway vehicle used to tamp down ballast.
- A person or thing that tamps: An envelope of neutron-reflecting material in a nuclear weapon, used to delay the expansion of the reacting material and thus produce a longer-lasting and more energetic explosion.
Verb
- To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).
- To try to influence someone, usually in an illegal or devious way; to try to deal (with someone).
- To meddle (with something) in order to corrupt or pervert it.
- To involve oneself (in a plot, scheme, etc.).
- To attempt to practise or administer something (especially medicine) without sufficient knowledge or qualifications.
- To discuss future contracts with a player, against league rules.
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