tamper
noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A person or thing that tamps.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).
tamper detection
The alarm had been tampered with and didn’t go off when it should have.
The election monitors found that a large number of ballots had been tampered with.
Đồng nghĩa: interfere
- 2.
(intransitive)To try to influence someone, usually in an illegal or devious way; to try to deal (with someone).
Prosecutors argued that he would tamper with witnesses if bail was granted.
- 3.
(dated)To meddle (with something) in order to corrupt or pervert it.
Đồng nghĩa: debauch, lead astray, seduce, adulterate, corrupt, debauch, demoralize, detort, file, immoralize, lead astray, pervert, pollute, preposterate, seduce, sophisticate, suborn, subvert, tamper, unmoralize, vitiate, warp
- 4.
(obsolete)To involve oneself (in a plot, scheme, etc.).
1716, Joseph Addison, The Free-holder, No. 31, 6 April, 1716, London: D. Midwinter and J. Tonson, p. 180, […] he was beheaded upon the Defeat of the Conspiracy for having but thus far tampered in it.
- 5.
(obsolete)To attempt to practise or administer something (especially medicine) without sufficient knowledge or qualifications.
- 6.
(Canada, US)(US, Canada, in professional sports) To discuss future contracts with a player, against league rules.
Đồng nghĩa: tap up
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thumb|450px|right|a railway ballast tamper From tamp + -er.