(~s, nobbling, ~d)
1.
If someone ~s 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 ~ the jury...
VERB: V n
2.
If someone ~s a racehorse, they deliberately harm it, often using drugs, in order to prevent it from winning a race. (BRIT INFORMAL)
...the drug used to ~ two horses at Doncaster.
VERB: V n
3.
If someone ~s your plans or chances of succeeding, they prevent you from achieving what you want. (BRIT INFORMAL)
His opportunity to re-establish himself had been ~d by the manager’s tactics.
VERB: V n