ratten (v. t.) 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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary📕
ratten rat′n, v.t. to break or take away a
workman's tools, &c., for disobeying the trades-union—the loss
being ironically attributed to rats
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