tamper

Inglés

tamper
pronunciación (AFI)	/ˈtæm.pə(ɹ)/

Del francés medio tremper (mojar, aguar).

1

Ejemplo:
should be put in some place where there may be no danger of these very valuable and unique articles being injured or tampered with.→ deberían colocarse en un lugar donde estos artículos únicos e invaluables no corran riesgo de ser dañados o alterados.Doyle Conan. The Striped Chest.

2

Participar en negocios sucios o actos de corrupción como el soborno o el chantaje.

Ejemplo:
They specialize in murder and blackmail, to say nothing of smuggling, gun-running and jewel-stealing. Of late they've been tampering with bigger things--governmental secrets.→ Ellos se especializan en asesinato y chantaje, por no decir contrabando, tráfico de armas y robo de joyas. Últimamente han estado participando en negocios grandes--secretos de estado.Robert E. Howard. The Sign of the Snake. 1931.

3

Forzar o violentar algo.

Ejemplo:
Scarcely a week after this incident, another attempt to get at the mummy - this time by tampering with the lock of his case - resulted in a second arrest.→ Apenas una semana depués de este incidente, un nuevo intento de llegar hasta la momia - esta vez forzando la cerradura de la caja - tuvo como resultado un segundo arresto.H. P. Lovecraft and Hazel Heald. Out of the Aeons. 1933.

De tamp y el sufijo -er.

Conjugación de tamper (tampered, tampered) (regular) [▲▼]

Formas no personales (verboides)
Infinitivo	tamper
Gerundio	tampering
Participio	tampered
Formas personales
Modo indicativo
	I	you (thou)	he, she, it	we, you, they
Presente	I tamper	you tamper, tamperest^†	he, she, it tampers, tampereth^†	we, you, they tamper
Pretérito	I tampered	you tampered, tamperedst^†	he, she, it tampered	we, you, they tampered
Pretérito compuesto	I have tampered	you have tampered	he, she, it has tampered	we, you, they have tampered
Pretérito pluscuamperfecto	I had tampered	you had tampered	he, she, it had tampered	we, you, they had tampered
Futuro	I will tamper	you will tamper	he, she, it will tamper	we, you, they will tamper
Futuro compuesto	I will have tampered	you will have tampered	he, she, it will have tampered	we, you, they will have tampered
Modo condicional
	I	you	he, she, it	we, you, they
Condicional simple	I would tamper	you would tamper	he, she, it would tamper	we, you, they would tamper
Condicional compuesto	I would have tampered	you would have tampered	he, she, it would have tampered	we, you, they would have tampered
Modo subjuntivo
	I	you	he, she, it	we, you, they
Presente	I tamper	you tamper	he, she, it tamper	we, you, they tamper
Pretérito	I tampered	you tampered	he, she, it tampered	we, you, they tampered
Modo imperativo
	―	(you)	―	(we)
Presente	― ―	(you) tamper	― ―	(we) let's tamper
Leyenda: † arcaico, x no normativo, ■ cambio ortográfico, ■ irregularidad