How to Use tamper with in a Sentence

tamper with

verb
  • This permanent chip is inserted under the skin on the scruff of their neck and can’t be tampered with.
    — Jessie Quinn, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Entry materials that have been tampered with or altered are void.
    — Cbs La Staff, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Entry materials that have been tampered with or altered are void.
    — Cbs La Staff, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The seal on the voting equipment is used to show it has not been tampered with after leaving the elections office.
    — Maven Navarro may 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2026
  • In one video, the man — whose eyes are visible through the holes in his mask — appears to tamper with the doorbell camera.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Julian has been charged with tampering with evidence.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
  • The deal dismissed charges of first-degree murder, tampering with a human body, burglary and theft from his case.
    — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Taryn Novotny has been charged with tampering with evidence.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2026
  • Taryn Novotny has been charged with tampering with evidence.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2026
  • His defense team argued that a court clerk tampered with the jury in the original murder trial.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 14 May 2026
  • Federal marshals escorted her to and from school and checked her lunch in case white rioters had tampered with it.
    — Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
  • Truelove was arrested and charged with felony tampering with evidence and false report/false alarm.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Authorities believe someone may have tampered with it.
    — CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Murdaugh's defense team argued that a court clerk tampered with the jury in the original murder trial.
    — Bill Chappell, NPR, 13 May 2026
  • Still, anyone who tampers with even the most threadbare of American customs risks getting an earful.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Police said a customer at the time of the discovery had reported that a jar appeared to have been tampered with, but no one had consumed the baby food.
    — ABC News, 3 May 2026
  • Boyd and his crew pull the bottle tree out and send the rope ladder down, unaware that Sophia / the Man in Yellow has tampered with it.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Electronic logs have helped better enforce those rules than paper logbooks, although there have been instances where the former have been tampered with.
    — ABC News, 3 June 2026
  • He's now charged with tampering with evidence and second-degree cruelty to children.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 20 May 2026
  • He was also sentenced to a concurrent five-year term for tampering with physical evidence.
    — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Seaberg has been charged with kidnapping, tampering with a victim and battery, according to the affidavit.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
  • He has also been charged with tampering with evidence and false imprisonment, per the sheriff's office.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The conviction of tampering with evidence received a penalty of 3 to 10 years in prison.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • Rogness is charged with one count of being an accessory after the fact and one count of tampering with a witness, victim or informant.
    — Angela George, USA Today, 19 June 2026
  • Some electronics are even designed to make tampering with the product impossible.
    — Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy, Fortune, 25 May 2026
  • Some electronics are even designed to make tampering with the product impossible.
    — Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy, The Conversation, 22 May 2026
  • Ames and Hull have both been charged with kidnapping and tampering with evidence in felony prosecution, online court records show.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
  • If a component degrades or is tampered with, the output could become predictable without being detected.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 June 2026
  • Canul, 17, may also face a charge of tampering with physical evidence.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026
  • At each mega-merger, Euphoria was viewed as prime IP for HBO, and not to be tampered with.
    — Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2026

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