tampering

verb

Definition of tamperingnext
present participle of tamper
as in fiddling

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tampering
  1. fooling
  2. invading
  3. trespassing
  4. playing
  5. intervening
Verb
  • The ultimate aim is, with the use of multiple layers of such transformations, fooling malware classifiers into thinking malicious code is, in fact, totally benign.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • But Khamenei’s bravado isn’t fooling anyone.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of fooling
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  • Another crucial issue will be assuring that the Kremlin’s aggression entails enduring costs to deter Russia or any other state from invading neighbors.
    Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Western countries must also invest in Ukraine’s defense sector and ensure that Ukraine can sustain its own armed forces to deter Russia from invading again.
    Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of invading
Verb
  • Excessive, continuous, or untimely barking, molesting passersby, chasing vehicles, habitually attacking other domestic animals, trespassing upon school grounds, or trespassing on private property that leads to damaged property is deemed a nuisance.
    Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Dec. 2024
  • He was also arrested for trespassing onto a construction site in Osaka.
    Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of trespassing
Verb
  • The holiday break is coming at the wrong time for the Penguins, who are playing easily their best hockey of the season.
    Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • That’s quite a feat for a team that started playing football in 1925.
    Josh Kendall, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of playing
Verb
  • In the wake of Monday night’s crushing overtime loss to the Detroit Pistons, Herro was asked in the intervening days about his chances for an All-Star breakthrough in this sixth Miami Heat season.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2024
  • In the intervening decades, though, the surviving members have seen their statement get chopped and screwed into morsels, divorced from its context.
    Jazmine Hughes, Them, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of intervening
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