单词 | nobbled |
释义 | nobbledadj. colloquial. That has been nobbled. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [adjective] > of nature of bribe > bribed subornate1431 bribed?1556 waged1561 feed1579 suggested1647 suborned1676 greased1693 bought1700 nobbled1876 fixeda1889 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby ‘A nobbled scaup’, a broken head. 1891 Rev. of Reviews 4 580/2 The nobbled managers were quite cowed. 1901 M. J. F. McCarthy Five Years Ireland xxxiv. 513 Secure, as they fondly thought, in a nobbled hierarchy. 1987 Times 13 Apr. 14/4 The required unanimous verdicts meant that one nobbled juror ensured a retrial. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1876 |
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