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nobble /'nɑbl/

Anh-Việt Anh-Anh

Động từ

(lóng)

tác động vào (ngựa đua) làm cho mất khả năng thắng cuộc

dùng thủ đoạn để tranh thủ (ai); mua chuộc

nobble the judge before a trial

mua chuộc quan tòa trước vụ xử án

dùng thủ đoạn mà chiếm lấy; xoáy

bắt (kẻ tội phạm)
verb

nobbles; nobbled; nobbling

[+ obj] Brit informal

to give a drug to (a horse) to keep it from winning a race

We found out later that the horse had been nobbled, which explained its poor performance.

to cause or force (someone) to do something that you want by offering money, making threats, etc.

She was trying to nobble the jury.

nobble a witness

to succeed in getting or catching (something or someone)

I was about to leave when I was nobbled [=nabbed] by a man asking for directions.