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nobble  (nobbles 3rd person present) (nobbling present participle) (nobbled past tense & past participle )
1  verb 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...  V n 
2  verb 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.  V n 
3  verb 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.  V n 



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