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To handle something idly, ignorantly, or destructively
To prearrange the outcome of (a contest) unlawfully
To tamper with a constitution that had so proved its quality seemed not so much a sacrilege as a folly.
The satrap revolts, moreover, assumed more and more formidable proportions, and the Greek states began once more to tamper with them.
Bismarck realized that, in the struggle with Austria which he foresaw, Prussia could only be weakened were she to take up an attitude of opposition to the prevailing Liberal sentiment, and that to tamper with the constitution would not only be inexpedient, but useless, since special measures could always be resorted to, to meet special circumstances.
Of recent years there have been signs of an attempt to tamper with the use of German as the common language for the whole army.
A tamper tool is also included for helping to guide larger pieces through very thick mixtures.