Definition for Tampering:

• the act of altering something secretly or improperly

Synonyms for Tampering:

• adj.

  •curious (adjective)
  • Peering,
  • Disquisitive,
  • Peeping,
  • snoopy,
  • investigative,
  • intrusive,
  • questioning,
  • more interested.

• v.

  •counteracting (verb)
  • opposing,
  • offsetting,
  • Defying,
  • Contradicting,
  • challenging,
  • Counteracting,
  • interfering.
  •deranging (verb)
  • swirling,
  • Disordering,
  • Muddling,
  • whipping,
  • disturbing,
  • troubling,
  • Jumbling,
  • scattering,
  • tousling,
  • confusing,
  • Disheveling,
  • perturbing,
  • upsetting,
  • mixing up,
  • meddling,
  • Cluttering,
  • Deranging,
  • Roughening,
  • Misplacing,
  • roiling,
  • confounding,
  • tossing,
  • Rumpling,
  • Disarranging,
  • capsizing,
  • fermenting,
  • churning,
  • rippling,
  • Dislocating,
  • Mussing,
  • agitating,
  • Convulsing,
  • Hashing,
  • Mislaying,
  • Disorganizing,
  • Displacing,
  • Rummaging,
  • Blurring,
  • tumbling,
  • Ruffling,
  • Scrambling,
  • Messing,
  • Whisking,
  • Discomposing.
  •disabling (verb)
  • Dulling,
  • Prostrating,
  • Hampering,
  • Abrogating,
  • Paralyzing,
  • incapacitating,
  • Sapping,
  • Cramping,
  • undermining,
  • stupefying,
  • disabling,
  • crippling,
  • hindering,
  • screwing up,
  • enfeebling,
  • weakening,
  • invalidating,
  • Vitiating,
  • anesthetizing,
  • stunning,
  • Laming,
  • Impairing,
  • Handicapping,
  • Hobbling,
  • disarming,
  • Neutralizing,
  • Botching,
  • Benumbing,
  • Scotching,
  • deadening,
  • Hamstringing.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • impeding,
  • meddlesome,
  • officious,
  • Interrupting,
  • curious,
  • obstructive,
  • kibitzing.
  •n.
  • change of state,
  • interference,
  • interposition,
  • meddlesomeness,
  • retardation,
  • Intermeddling,
  • checkings,
  • chokings.

Paraphrases for Tampering:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    interfering.

• Independent

  • Noun, plural
    Irregularities, interferences, interruptions, disturbances, practices, counterfeits, bribes, machinations, distortions, shifts, upheavals, disorders, shocks, handling.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Weathering, handling, deterioration, distortion.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Manipulating, interacting, Defrauding, entering, intervening, Harming, Obstructing, disregarding, Disrupting, sabotaging, constraining, cheating, breaking, Infringing, disturbing, Ignoring, suffering, changing, reaching, Experiencing, hitting, groping, dealing, touching, faking, declining, Abusing, jamming, happening, sorting, handling, rigging.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    impairment.
  • Noun, plural
    manipulations, obstructions, alterations, disruptions, Forgeries.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    manipulation, modification, impairment, rigging, spoilage.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    playing, Weathering.

Tampering Sentence Examples:

• Even before leaving England, and after betraying Elizabeth and Drake to Burleigh, who wished to curry favor with the Spanish traders rather than provoke the Spanish power, Doughty was busy tampering with the men.

• 6, 75; suspected of tampering with Boswell's letter, ii.