TAMPER, TAMPERING
ADJECTIVES
► DABBLESOME meddling, tampering, interfering with → 1866
VERBS
► COOK to falsify; to tamper with → 1636 sl.
► DABBLE to meddle, tamper with; to interfere in → 1660 obs.
► DOCTOR to make different in order to deceive; to tamper with; to falsify or adulterate
► FAKE to tamper with; to dope a horse → c1830 sl.
► FAKE UP to tamper with, to alter, to arrange in any manner for advantage or profit → 1812 sl.
► MONK to tinker, trifle, or fool around; to tamper or interfere with surreptitiously → 1889-90 Amer. sl.
► MONKEY to waste time, to fool around; to tamper, to meddle, to interfere, to fiddle with something or someone → 1881 Amer. dial.
► MONKEY WITH to tamper or interfere with surreptitiously → 1895 Amer. sl.