nobble

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Many Germans detect a plot to nobble their exporters.
许多德国人发觉破坏他们的出口不过是一个阴谋。
The government is now trying to nobble the central bank.
现在，政府正试着欺骗中央银行。
Nine does not nobble nor interfere with the expression of strongly held views , either by its employees, or others.
九不收买，也不干预持有强烈意见的表达，无论是其员工，或者别人。
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If they are favoured, state-controlled banks will provide them with cheap loans and bureaucrats will nobble their foreign competitors.
ECONOMIST: The hidden costs of state capitalism
Many Germans detect a plot to nobble their exporters.
ECONOMIST: Germany and the euro
In October one group, under the politically correct rubric of promoting transparency and accountability, sought (so far unsuccessfully) to nobble the budget, and thus the independence, of the Office of the High Commissioner, Navi Pillay.
ECONOMIST: A long-despised watchdog wakes up, barks and even bites

(CAUSE TO FAIL) to make something fail, especially to make a horse in a race fail by giving it drugs
(PERSUADE) to persuade someone to do what you want them to do, especially by using money or threats
(CATCH ATTENTION) to intentionally catch the attention of someone so that you can talk to them