doctoring
Altering the records
Doctoring is tampering with something to alter its nature or appearance, often deceptively: The accountant was accused of doctoring the books.
You can doctor a drink by adding something to it, doctor a photo to change what it shows, or doctor evidence to mislead.
The word implies manipulation rather than improvement—making something appear other than it is.
Distort the truth
- adulterateCorrupt by adding impurities
- spikeSharp rise or point
- alterMake a modification
- tamperInterfere harmfully
manipulate · forge · fabricate · rig · cook · fudge · distort · misrepresent
Faker claiming false expertise
- quackFake healer or fowl noise
- impostorOne feigning another's identity
- snake oilFraudulent cure-all
- fakeNot the real thing
sham · fraud · hoax · con · counterfeit · phony · bogus · mountebank
Restoration of health
- curingRestoring health or preserving
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- tendingCaring for or inclining
- caringShowing kind concern
medicating · prescribing · diagnosing · examining · consulting · treating · attending · remedying
Restoring proper function
- mendingRestoring damaged items
- patchingRepairing by covering
- restoringReturning to original condition
- repairingRestoring broken items
overhauling · servicing · maintaining · refurbishing · reconditioning · troubleshooting · tinkering · jerry-rigging
falsify
Distort the truth
- adulterateCorrupt by adding impurities
- spikeSharp rise or point
- alterMake a modification
tamper · manipulate · forge · fabricate · rig · cook · fudge · distort · misrepresent · skew
charlatan
Faker claiming false expertise
fake · sham · fraud · hoax · con · counterfeit · phony · bogus · mountebank · huckster
healing
Restoration of health
- curingRestoring health or preserving
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- tendingCaring for or inclining
caring · medicating · prescribing · diagnosing · examining · consulting · treating · attending · remedying · therapy
fixing
Restoring proper function
repairing · overhauling · servicing · maintaining · refurbishing · reconditioning · troubleshooting · tinkering · jerry-rigging · makeshift
neutering
Surgical sterilization of animals
- spayingSurgical sterilization of females
- geldingCastrated male equine
- castratingRemoving male reproductive organs
sterilizing · livestock · animals · pets · farm · equine · bovine · canine · feline
- livelihoodsjob, career, work, income, profession
- treatingmedicating, bandaging, healing, curing, nursing
- food adulterationdilution, watering down, cutting, tampering, bulking
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fake, fraud
- falsehoodslie, lies, lying, fib, fibbing
- print flawsink smear, bleed, streaks, smudges, smearing
doctoringpreserving
Protecting from deterioration
authenticating · verifying · restoring · certifying · validating
doctoringharming
Causing injury or damage
wounding · injuring · neglecting · damaging · hurting
doctoringpurifying
Removing unwanted substances
distilling · refining · filtering · clarifying · cleansing
- spin doctoringStrategic framing of information
doctor, doctors, doctored, doctor's, doctorate, doctoral, doctorates, postdoctoral, postdoctorate