nobble
nob|ble /n'ɒbəl/ (nobbles nobbling nobbled)
1 [VERB] V n
If someone nobbles an important group of people such as a committee, they offer them money or threaten them in order to make them do something. (BRIT INFORMAL)
The trial was stopped before Christmas after allegations of attempts to nobble the jury...
2 [VERB] V n
If someone nobbles a racehorse, they deliberately harm it, often using drugs, in order to prevent it from winning a race. (BRIT INFORMAL)
...the drug used to nobble two horses at Doncaster.
3 [VERB] V n
If someone nobbles your plans or chances of succeeding, they prevent you from achieving what you want. (BRIT INFORMAL)
His opportunity to re-establish himself had been nobbled by the manager's tactics.
1 [VERB] V n
If someone nobbles an important group of people such as a committee, they offer them money or threaten them in order to make them do something. (BRIT INFORMAL)
The trial was stopped before Christmas after allegations of attempts to nobble the jury...
2 [VERB] V n
If someone nobbles a racehorse, they deliberately harm it, often using drugs, in order to prevent it from winning a race. (BRIT INFORMAL)
...the drug used to nobble two horses at Doncaster.
3 [VERB] V n
If someone nobbles your plans or chances of succeeding, they prevent you from achieving what you want. (BRIT INFORMAL)
His opportunity to re-establish himself had been nobbled by the manager's tactics.