'Tampering' definitions:
Definition of 'tampering'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of altering something secretly or improperly [syn: meddling, tampering]
Definition of 'Tampering'
From: GCIDE
- Tamper \Tam"per\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tampered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tampering.] [A corruption of temper.]
- 1. To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease. [1913 Webster]
- 'T is dangerous tampering with a muse. --Roscommon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery. [1913 Webster]
- Others tampered For Fleetwood, Desborough, and Lambert. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]