Verb (used without object) : Someone has been tampering with the lock. ,to tamper with official records. ,Any lawyer who tries to tamper with a jury should be disbarred. From Dictionary.com.
One historical method of method of tampering involves holding back the tallies from certain precincts until the tamperer knows the returns from all other precincts and can calculate how many votes will be needed for the tamperer's candidate (s) to win. From Wordnik.com. [S1487 �� What does it do? Why is it wrong? What to do about it!] Reference
I have no mind to give an ill character of Cromwell; for in his conversation towards me he was ever friendly; tho 'at the latter end of the day finding me ever incorrigible, and having some inducements to suspect me a tamperer, he was sufficiently rigid. From Wordnik.com. [Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles] Reference
Fair enough - we wouldn't want to tip off a potential tamperer. From Wordnik.com. [Edmonton Sun] Reference
And, if I remember, he alluded to me as a traitorous tamperer with the. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 2nd, 1914] Reference
Phone-tamperer O'Keefe's bad week gets worse: Judge rules ACORN defunding unconstitutional. From Wordnik.com. [Bill of Rights Defense Committee - Headlines] Reference
Not only are we paying for this child tamperer to visit but he has the cheek to charge people to look at him as well?. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
If there is a gag order against accused phone tamperer James O'Keefe then the once-celebrated conservative activist/journalist/prankster just might have broken it Wednesday night. From Wordnik.com. [Raw Story] Reference
"If the reviver of this play (or tamperer with it, as he is called by. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 55, November 16, 1850] Reference
Oregon has me as a witness tamperer. From Wordnik.com. [Bad Data Fouls Background Checks] Reference
A tamperer, he said, has many options. From Wordnik.com. [t r u t h o u t] Reference
24 "breitbart: interviewed on fox just moments ago, andrew breitbart claimed that alleged landrieu phone tamperer james o'keefe" sat in jail for 28 hours without access to an attorney. "breitbart, who has been on a public campaign defending o'keefe, a paid contributor to breitbart's biggovernment. com, also charged that the u.s. attorney's office in louisiana leaked information to the press" helping "them to frame the episode as. From Wordnik.com. [skippy the bush kangaroo] Reference
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