tampers
Fiddles with illicitly
Tampers names tools for packing or pressing something down.
A coffee tamper compresses grounds in an espresso portafilter.
A tamper for concrete settles freshly poured material.
Pipe smokers use a tamper to pack tobacco into the bowl.
The word also serves as the third-person singular of the verb tamper: Someone tampers with evidence when they alter it illegally.
Interfere without invitation
- sabotageDeliberate disruption of operations
- manipulateControl through clever influence
- alterMake a modification
- falsifyDistort the truth
corrupt · doctor · rig · fix · adulterate · contaminate · compromise · distort
Authentication stamp or mark
- lockMechanism requiring a key
- packagingProtective product enclosure
- containerThing for storing items
- detectionAct of finding something
proof · evident · resistant · indicator · breach · unauthorized · access · protection
Concentrated pressurized brew
- coffeeBrewed bean beverage
- baristaProfessional café drink maker
- portafilterEspresso brewing handle
- groundsBasis for justification
puck · press · compact · tamp · extraction · crema · machine · brewing
Scientific crime-scene analysis
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- spoliationDestruction or plundering
- destructionAct of completely ruining
- concealmentAct of hiding something
coverup · witness · jury · investigation · prosecution · criminal · perjury · planted
meddle
Interfere without invitation
- sabotageDeliberate disruption of operations
- manipulateControl through clever influence
- alterMake a modification
falsify · corrupt · doctor · rig · fix · adulterate · contaminate · compromise · distort · mishandle
seal
Authentication stamp or mark
detection · proof · evident · resistant · indicator · breach · unauthorized · access · protection · safety
espresso
Concentrated pressurized brew
- coffeeBrewed bean beverage
- baristaProfessional café drink maker
- portafilterEspresso brewing handle
grounds · puck · press · compact · tamp · extraction · crema · machine · brewing · density
forensics
Scientific crime-scene analysis
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- spoliationDestruction or plundering
- destructionAct of completely ruining
concealment · coverup · witness · jury · investigation · prosecution · criminal · perjury · planted · contaminated
- striking toolshammers, claw hammer, ball peen hammer, ball-peen hammer, framing hammer
tampersrepairs
Restorative maintenance work
fixes · maintains · authorizes · calibrates · services
tamperspreserves
Cooked fruit in sugar
protects · safeguards · secures · leaves alone · guards
- witness tamperingIllegally influencing trial observers
- vote tamperingIllegally altering electoral results
- jury tamperingIllegally influencing trial panelists
- evidence tamperingCorrupting material proof
- election tamperingIllegally altering voting outcomes
- tamper proofResistant to unauthorized changes