Wait in hiding to attack.
Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position.
1 The disruption is likely to scupper travel plans for thousands of customers.
2 But did that split the vote and scupper her chance of success?
3 Islamists hardliners have timed attacks to try to scupper the peace process.
4 Morgan Stanley's legal move had threatened to scupper efforts to restructure Arrium.
5 He found the mate coiled in the scupper , very wet and still.
6 Labour leaders have helped scupper cost cut plans in the past.
7 Opposition from trade unions could slow or even scupper a deal.
8 His company is banking on continued public outrage to scupper the Chinese bid.
9 Legal action could have delayed the transaction, or potentially scupper it.
10 It obstructs the approaches to the ' scupper ' in front of my cabin door.
11 Ali Higg might scupper me and the crowd-he mighty likely would.
12 The bullet severed Mr. Thorne's spine and continued on into the port scupper .
13 Then he murmured, Well, skewer me through the scupper , as the sergeant says.
14 Esquelamar knelt in the scupper , thrust his head over the side.
15 Both sides said they were hopeful the violence would not scupper the peace deal.
16 Legal action could delay the $12 billion deal, or potentially scupper it.
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