nobble

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To injure or obstruct intentionally.

   “Near-synonyms: hobble, hamper, hinder, impede, embarrass, disable”

2. fiil To gain influence over by corrupt means or intimidation.

   “Unlike "noble" vigilantes, the police and court facilities which exist are said to be inefficient and corrupt, and juries are said to be easily "nobbled" or intimidated.”

3. fiil To steal.
4. fiil To tamper with (typically a racehorse or greyhound) in order to prevent it from winning a race.

   “Every design that villainy could suggest was had recourse to in the hopes of nobbling Wild Dayrell; but never being left for an hour by either his trainer or jockey, he escaped the intended 'coopering', even when the lynchpins of the wheels of his van had been tampered with.”

5. isim A deliberate act of injury or obstruction.