nobble
verb (British English, informal)- nobble something
to prevent a horse from winning a race, for example by giving it drugs 阻止（賽馬）取勝 The horse was nobbled by a doping gang. 這匹馬被一個服用興奮劑的團夥放倒了。
- nobble somebody
to persuade somebody to do what you want, especially illegally, by offering them money 買通 his attempts to nobble the jury 他想收買陪審團的種種企圖
- nobble somebody
to prevent somebody from achieving what they want 阻撓；使遭受挫折 - nobble somebody
to catch somebody or get their attention, especially when they are unwilling （尤指有違其意願）抓住，引起注意
Word Originmid 19th cent.: probably a variant of dialect knobble, knubble ‘knock, strike with the knuckles’.