tamper Copy link Outline I. Exp. by se immiscereII. To endeavour to corrupt1. aggrĕdior, gressus, 3 (a strong expr.)2. tento, 1 (with abl. of instrument)3. sollĭcĭto, 1 (with abl. of instrument, or abs.) • tamper: I. Exp. by se immiscere: v. meddle. Phr.: to t. with a wound, contrectare vulnus, Ov. Pont. 2, 2, 60. II. To endeavour to corrupt: 1. aggrĕdior, gressus, 3 (a strong expr.): to t. with all by bribes, omnes pecunia a., Sall. J. 28, ad init.: to t. with the ambassadors severally, legatos alium ab alio diversos a., id. ib. 46. 2. tento, 1 (with abl. of instrument): to t. with the minds of the slaves by hope and fear, animos servorum spe et metu t., Cic. Clu. 63, 176: to t. with the trial by bribes, judicium pecunia t., id. ib. 4, 9. 3. sollĭcĭto, 1 (with abl. of instrument, or abs.): I have ascertained that the ambassadors were t.'d with by Lentulus, comperi legatos a Lentulo esse sollicitatos, Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 4: v. corrupt.
TAMPER Copy link • TAMPERTo meddle, Vid: To practice secretly, occulto cum aliquo agere; aliquem or alicujus animum tentare or sollicitare (often with ablative of the means, pecunia, minis, etc.): aliquem aggredi (to attack a person; e.g., variis artibus). To tamper with subjects or soldiers, alicujus animum ad defectionem sollicitare.