| Main Entry: | tamper |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | interfere, alter |
Synonyms: |
busybody, butt in, change, cook, cut, damage, destroy, diversify, doctor, fiddle with, fool, horn in, interlope, interpose, intrude, irrigate, manipulate, meddle, mess around with, monkey around, muck about, phony up, plant*, poke nose into, spike*, tinker, vary, water* |
Antonyms: |
leave alone |
| Main Entry: | tamper |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bribe |
Synonyms: |
buy, buy off, corrupt, fix, get to, have, influence, lubricate, manipulate, reach, rig, square* |
| Main Entry: | bribe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | request silence, action, or inaction for money |
Synonyms: |
approach, buy, buy back, buy off, coax, corrupt, do business, entice, fix*, get at, get to, grease palm, influence, instigate, lubricate, lure, make a deal, oil palm, pay off, pervert, reward, seduce, soap, square, suborn, sugar, sweeten the pot, take care of, tamper, tempt, tip |
| Main Entry: | buy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bribe |
Synonyms: |
corrupt, fix, grease palm, have, land, lubricate, oil palm, ransom, reach, redeem, sop, square, suborn, tamper |
| Main Entry: | dally/dally with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have love affair |
Synonyms: |
be insincere with, carry on, cosset, fool around, frivol, frolic, gambol, have a fling, lead on, play around, rollick, romp, tamper, wanton |
| Main Entry: | disturb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disorder; dislocate |
Synonyms: |
confuse, derange, disarrange, disarray, discompose, disorganize, displace, distort, foul up, interfere, jumble, louse up, mess up, mix up, move, muddle, remove, replace, shift, tamper, unsettle, upset |
| Notes: | disturb is based on Latin turba 'tumult' and disturb applies better to physical agitation and perturb to mental agitation |
Antonyms: |
arrange, locate, order, organize, sort |
| Main Entry: | fiddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mess with, tinker |
Synonyms: |
dabble, doodle, feel, fidget, finger, fool, handle, interfere, mess, mess around, monkey*, play, potter, puddle, putter, tamper, touch, toy, trifle, twiddle |
| Main Entry: | grease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bribe |
Synonyms: |
buy off, corrupt, do business, entice, fix*, influence, oil someone's palm, pay off, take care of, tamper |
| Main Entry: | interfere |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | meddle, intervene |
Synonyms: |
baffle, balk, barge in, busybody, butt in, conflict, discommode, foil, fool with, frustrate, get in the way, get involved, hamper, handicap, hang up, hinder, hold up, horn in, impede, incommode, inconvenience, inhibit, intercede, interlope, intermeddle, intermediate, intermit, interpose, intrude, jam, make*, mix in, obstruct, obtrude, oppose, poke nose in, prevent, remit, step in, stop, suspend, tamper, thwart, trammel, trouble |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, help |
| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | induce, compel |
Synonyms: |
bring about, cause, coerce, concuss, constrain, dragoon, drive, effect, force, horn in, impel, impress, initiate, interfere, meddle, oblige, press, pressurize, prevail upon, require, secure, shotgun, start, tamper |
Antonyms: |
discourage, dissuade, halt, prevent, stop |