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Definition of Tampered
1. tamper [v] - See also: tamper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tampered
Literary usage of Tampered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Parliamentary Debates: Senate and House of Representatives by Australia Parliament (1911)
"If there is still nny doubt in the mind of any one as to whether the franking
machine could be tampered with, the best course for the Commonwealth to take ..."
2. The Talisman: A Tale of the Crusaders by Walter Scott (1878)
"... madam—I will go to King Richard—I am a party interested—•! will know if the
honour of a poor maiden of his blood is to be so far tampered with, ..."
3. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1898)
"It is clearly proper to discharge jurors who by an unauthorized separation have
raised a presumption ihat they were tampered with. ..."
4. The Transvaal War, 1880-81 by Blanche St. John Ballairs, Blanche St. John Moschzisker Bellairs, Lady Bellairs (1885)
"... the part of some natives, who had been retained up to this time to assist in
the works, and who were said to have been tampered with by the Boers, ..."
5. The Transvaal War, 1880-81 by Blanche St. John Moschzisker Bellairs, Lady Bellairs (1885)
"... tampered with by the Boers, to set fire to the thatched roofs of the huts,
and thus create confusion and facilitate attack. ..."
6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... had tampered with a passage of St. Gregory of Nyssa, where testimony was
rendered to the procession of the Holy Ghost from Father and Son. ..."
7. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1866)
"... which was known to have been tampered with by agents sent expressly from the
Southern States to invite and urge them to join in their wicked enterprise. ..."
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