ratten

English - Turkish

Definition of ratten in English Turkish dictionary

sabotaj yapmak

{f} sabote etmek [fabr.]

{f} makineleri bozmak

sabote etmek

English - English

Definition of ratten in English English dictionary

To sabotage machinery or tools as part of an industrial dispute

derived from the sabot or shoe beneath railway lines. The saboteur was thus a remover of metal shoes, a train-wrecker. I must leave it at that. Meanwhile why not restore ratten to its old place in the Trade Union vocabulary, that is if, in these times of scant, we must endure any such wanton hindrance of the works?.

To deprive feloniously of the tools used in one's employment (as by breaking or stealing them), for the purpose of annoying; as, to ratten a mechanic who works during a strike

Hyphenation

rat·ten

Etymology

() From Provincial English ratten rat, therefore it means, to do mischief like a rat.

Tenses

rattening, rattened