The phrase "tampered state" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a condition or situation where something has been altered or interfered with, often in a negative context.
Example: "The software was found to be in a tampered state, raising concerns about its integrity and security."
Alternatives: "compromised condition" or "altered state."
The N.B.A.'s rule regarding tampering states that no player, coach or management person can entice or induce a player who is under contract to another team to play for his team.
An obscure state regulation requires that principals of public, charter and private schools fax or e-mail any concerns about tampering on state tests to Albany — including for things like a broken seal on a stack of test booklets.
It lists about 670 allegations of tampering on state tests in 550 elementary, middle and high schools statewide, though it was not systematically updated as cases were investigated by local school officials.
Complaints of tampering with state Regents exams have ballooned since Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg took control of New York City's schools, newly released data show, placing in stark relief the conflict between allowing teachers to grade their own students' tests and raising the stakes on the results.
For more local news, including high fatality rates for inexpensive bus lines, the possibility of tuition at Cooper Union for the first time in more than 150 years and ballooning complaints of tampering with state Regents' exams under the Bloomberg administration, see the N.Y./Region section.
NEWARK, Sept. 5 — A New Jersey county judge in a ruling in a lawsuit on Wednesday gave the state one week to figure out how to create a paper trail for its 10,000 electronic voting machines, saying that under the current system they are vulnerable to tampering, the state attorney general's office said.
The MCC World Cricket Committee, which is an independent panel that can propose changes to the laws of cricket, considered this topic during a two-day meeting in Mumbai and decided the rules relating to ball tampering – which state it is acceptable to "polish the ball provided no artificial substance is used" – do not need changing.
Press reports of these investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice and Wisconsin state agencies reference sexual abuse of youth, use of pepper spray, strangulation and suffocation of youth, intimidation of youth to discourage reporting, and tampering with state and county laws concerning youth institutions.
But, this past summer, when Andrew, in the middle of a reëlection campaign, faced accusations that he'd tampered with a state ethics commission, Cuomo came to his defense.
As a sovereign democratic nation, he said, Nepal "must not allow itself to be swayed by Beijing's influence" and called upon the Nepalese authorities "to immediately release the confiscated ballot boxes in an un-tampered state and to permit the counting of ballots in a free and fair manner by concerned Tibetans".
Jazairy was concerned that if states tampered with the document, the initiative to begin FMCT negotiations would unweave.
