nobble

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English - Turkish
ilaç ver/çal/görüş
{f} sakatlamak (yarış atını)
{f} çalmak
{f} dolandırmak
{f} rüşvetle kazanmak
{f} yakalamak
English - English
To injure or obstruct intently, batter
If someone nobbles a racehorse, they deliberately harm it, often using drugs, in order to prevent it from winning a race. the drug used to nobble two horses at Doncaster
disable by drugging; "nobble the race horses
take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
If someone nobbles your plans or chances of succeeding, they prevent you from achieving what you want. His opportunity to re-establish himself had been nobbled by the manager's tactics
disable by drugging; "nobble the race horses"
deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
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. The trial was stopped before Christmas after allegations of attempts to nobble the jury
{f} cheat, swindle (Slang); lie, misrepresent the facts; disable a race horse to prevent it from winning; arrest, detain a person; make contact with a person as to persuade that person to do something; win a person over; steal; kidnap a person; (Slang) damage, tamper with
make off with belongings of others
nobbled
past of nobble
nobbles
third-person singular of nobble
nobbling
present participle of nobble
nobble
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