nobble
verb [ T ] UK slang uk/ˈnɒb.əl/ us/ˈnɑː.əl/
(CAUSE TO FAIL)
(尤指给赛马服用药物)使不能获胜
to make something fail, especially to make a horse in a race fail by giving it drugs
(PERSUADE)
说服;(尤指)收买,要挟
to persuade someone to do what you want them to do, especially by using money or threats
The jury who convicted him were suspected of being nobbled. 判他有罪的陪审团疑为被人收买。
(CATCH ATTENTION)
故意引起(某人的)注意
to intentionally catch the attention of someone so that you can talk to them
He nobbled her in the corridor to sign the invoice. 他在走廊上和她套近乎,哄她在付款通知上签字。