/'nɒbl; `nɑbl/
v (Brit sl 俚) [Tn]
1 tamper with (a racehorse) so that it is less likely to win a race 对（参赛的马）做手脚（使之不易获胜）.
2 influence or get the favour of (sb), esp by unfair or illegal means 影响（某人）, 受到（某人）的偏袒（尤指用不公平的或非法的手段）
*nobble (eg bribe) the judge before a trial 在审判前贿赂法官.
3 get (sth) dishonestly or by devious means 以不正当的手段取得（某事物）.
4 catch (a criminal) 逮捕（罪犯）.

v [T]BrE informal
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Perhaps from knobble 'to hit with the closed hand' (1800-1900)]
to make someone do what you want by illegally offering them money or threatening them
→bribe
　The jury had been nobbled and the case had to be reheard.
to prevent a horse from winning a race, especially by giving it drugs
to get someone's attention, especially in order to persuade them to do something
　I was nobbled by my deaf old aunt and couldn't get away.