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Definition doctor in British English

doctor verb

[transitive] verb
/ˈdɒktə(r)/
1

to change something, especially facts or numbers, in order to make people believe something that is not true

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Experts suspected that the company's report had been doctored.

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There were worries that the horse's feed had been doctored with drugs.

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3

to remove the sexual organs of an animal so that it cannot produce babies

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Definition doctor in British English