tam

He cowed them with his hard eyes like a tamer among beasts.

They channel neither Evel Knievel nor Caspar Milquetoast, neither lion tamer nor monk.

Indeed, while inflation remained tamed in 2005 and 2006, the price deflator for nonresidential construction, which measures construction costs, rose 11.7% in both years.

to tamper with evidence

to tamper with a lock

to tamper with someone's belongings

to tamper with the crime scene

to tamper with a witness