nobbling Definition

nobble
verb nobbled, nobbling

colloq:
1. horse-racing.
To drug or otherwise interfere with (a horse) to stop it winning.
2. To persuade someone by bribes or threats.

Example: tried to nobble the jury
3. To obtain something dishonestly.
4. To catch (a criminal).
5. To swindle someone.

Etymology: 19c: possibly from an hobbler, later understood as a nobbler, meaning ‘a person who lames horses'.