tamperings
Unauthorized fiddling with
Tamperings are acts of interfering with something improperly or without authorization.
The word usually implies illicit or damaging interference: Evidence of tamperings with the ballot boxes emerged after the election.
The plural suggests multiple instances or a pattern of unauthorized meddling: The investigation uncovered tamperings with financial records spanning several years.
Underhanded control of others
- alterationAct of modifying
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
- disturbanceDisruption of order
modification · adulteration · corruption · falsification · sabotage · meddling · doctoring · rigging
Unwelcome involvement in affairs
- sabotageDeliberate disruption of operations
- meddlingIntrusive interference in others' concerns
- equipmentTools for a task
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
vehicles · brakes · wiring · devices · instruments · gauges · meters · odometers
Voting document
- voteFormal choice expression
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
interference · counting · machines · boxes · stuffing · irregularities · recounts · observers
manipulation
Underhanded control of others
- alterationAct of modifying
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
disturbance · modification · adulteration · corruption · falsification · sabotage · meddling · doctoring · rigging · traces
interference
Unwelcome involvement in affairs
- sabotageDeliberate disruption of operations
- meddlingIntrusive interference in others' concerns
- equipmentTools for a task
machinery · vehicles · brakes · wiring · devices · instruments · gauges · meters · odometers · speedometers
ballot
Voting document
manipulation · interference · counting · machines · boxes · stuffing · irregularities · recounts · observers · allegations
contamination
Introduction of impurities
- adulterationCorrupting by foreign substances
- poisoningHarmful substance exposure
- packagingProtective product enclosure
seals · recalls · safety · products · pharmaceuticals · bottles · capsules · Tylenol · cyanide · shrink-wrap
tamperingspreservations
Acts of keeping safe
protections · safeguarding · conservations · maintaining · securing
tamperingspreservation
Maintaining something's condition
protection · safeguarding · conservation · non-interference · leaving alone
- witness tamperingIllegally influencing trial observers
- vote tamperingIllegally altering electoral results
- jury tamperingIllegally influencing trial panelists
- evidence tamperingCorrupting material proof
- election tamperingIllegally altering voting outcomes
- tampering with evidenceIllegally altering investigative materials