tamper with sth
— phrasal verb with tamper uk/ˈtæm.pər/us/ˈtæm.pɚ/verb
to touch or make changes to something that you should not, usually without enough knowledge of how it works or when you are trying to damage it:
I could see immediately that the lock had been tampered with.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Damaging and spoiling
- adulterate
- alloy
- at the expense of sb idiom
- at-risk
- bandh
- bang up sb/sth
- gild the lily idiom
- gloss
- gnaw
- gnaw away at sth
- go west idiom
- goonda
- poison
- ravages
- ruin
- scourge
- shatter
- shoot sth up
- sour
- tell on sb
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