Tampering may refer to: * Tampering (crime), intentional modification of products in a way that would make them harmful to the consumer **

Tampering with evidence Tampering with evidence, or evidence tampering, is an act in which a person alters, conceals, falsifies, or destroys evidence with the intent to interfere with an investigation (usually) by a law-enforcement, governmental, or regulatory authority. ...

, a form of criminal falsification **

Witness tampering Witness tampering is the act of attempting to improperly influence, alter or prevent the testimony of witnesses within criminal or civil proceedings. Witness tampering and reprisals against witnesses in organized crime cases have been a difficulty ...

, an illegal attempt to coerce witnesses called to testify in a legal proceeding * Tampering (quality control), changing an industrial process in an attempt to improve output but having the opposite effect *

Tampering (sport) In professional team sports, tapping up (British English) or tampering (American English) is an attempt to persuade a player contracted to one team to transfer to another team, without the knowledge or permission of the player's current team. This ...

, the practice, often illegal, of professional sports teams negotiating with athletes of other teams * Tampering, in

computer security Computer security (also cybersecurity, digital security, or information technology (IT) security) is a subdiscipline within the field of information security. It consists of the protection of computer software, systems and computer network, n ...

, refers to data alteration * Tampering, or

sabotage Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a polity, government, effort, or organization through subversion, obstruction, demoralization (warfare), demoralization, destabilization, divide and rule, division, social disruption, disrupti ...

, is modifying a device to induce failure

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