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How to use tamper in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun, verb

Tamper means a tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe. Example: “The alarm had been tampered with and didn’t go off when it should have.”

Examples of tamper by meaning

verbTo make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).

  • 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.

verbTo 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.

More sentences with tamper

  • The fire alarm is located high on the wall to prevent tampering.From the entry alarm
  • TAMPER EVIDENT: Do not use if imprinted shrinkband is missing or broken.From the entry shrink band
  • The area was much too important to the prospective recoveree to be tampered with by mortal man.1996, Dick B., That Amazing Grace: The Role of Clarence and Grace S. in Alcoholics Anonymous, page 47. From the entry recoveree
  • Sluice valves, the medieval forerunner of stop valves, were installed and to avoid tampering were protected within brick housings called tamkins.2017, Julian McCarthy, Kingston upon Thames in 50 Buildings. From the entry tamkin
  • Online, Flock critics — sometimes calling themselves "deflockers" — have been creating memes about all the ways one shouldn't tamper with these cameras (wink, wink).[2026 July 20, Shane O'Neill, “These Zara pants won’t kill you. But they may try.”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The…. From the entry deflocker
  • It’s been nearly one week since the NFL’s legal tampering period began, and GM Joe Douglas has reshaped the New York Jets’ starting offensive line.2024 March 17, Paul Bretl, “Jets' OL is reshaped but should still be a priority in draft”, in Jetswire/USA Today. From the entry reshape
  • “He was tampering with the equipment."2009, Nick Gevers, Jay Lake, Other Earths. From the entry farspeaker
  • Food fraud is the act of purposely altering, misrepresenting, mislabeling, substituting or tampering with any food product at any point along the farm–to–table food supply chain.2023 June 8, Food Safety Net Services, Food Safety Net Services. From the entry food fraud
  • Copyright laws – that is, “IP laws” – ban tamper­ing with DRM, making it a serious, jailable felony to provide others with tools to bypass DRM.2020 September 7, Cory Doctorow, “IP”, in Locus Magazine. From the entry jailable

Meaning of tamper

  1. noun A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.
  2. noun A railway vehicle used to tamp down ballast.
  3. noun An envelope of neutron-reflecting material in a nuclear weapon, used to delay the expansion of the reacting material and thus produce a longer-lasting and more energetic explosion.

Full definition of tamper

Questions about tamper in a sentence

How do you use tamper in a sentence?
Tamper is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The alarm had been tampered with and didn’t go off when it should have.”
What is a short sentence with tamper?
““He was tampering with the equipment."”
What does tamper mean?
Tamper means a tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tamper (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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