|  tamper 
 
 a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
 • Syn:
 tamp, tamping bar
 • Derivationally related forms:
 tamp, tamp (for: tamp)
 • Hypernyms:
 tool
 • Hyponyms:
 stemmer
 
 1. play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly (Freq. 1)
 - Someone tampered with the documents on my desk
 - The reporter fiddle with the facts
 • Syn:
 fiddle, monkey
 • Derivationally related forms:
 monkey (for: monkey)
 • Hypernyms:
 manipulate
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something
 2. intrude in other people's affairs or business;
 interfere unwantedly
 - Don't meddle in my affairs!
 • Syn:
 meddle
 • Derivationally related forms:
 tampering, meddler (for: meddle), meddling (for: meddle)
 • Hypernyms:
 intervene, step in, interfere, interpose
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s
 - Somebody ----s PP
 
 
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