tamperer

One who interferes

A tamperer is someone who interferes with or makes unauthorized alterations to something.

The word carries connotations of improper meddling—a tamperer with evidence, a tamperer with food products, a tamperer with election results.

Investigators identified the tamperer who had altered the documents.

meddler

busybody

Intrusive meddler

pryer · kibitzer · buttinsky · nosy · intermeddler · intruder · interferer · trespasser · encroacher · invader

saboteur

sabotage

Deliberate disruption of operations

contamination · adulteration · corruption · vandal · counterfeiter · forger · falsifier · adulterator · corrupter · defacer

Opposites
legitimacy of handling

tampererpreserver

One that maintains or saves

protector · custodian · guardian · steward · caretaker

Phrases
Family

tamper, tamper-proof, tampering, tampered, tampers, tamperers, untampered

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G