rattened

Verb

ratten (third-person singular simple present rattens, present participle rattening, simple past and past participle rattened)

1. (Northern England, obsolete) To sabotage machinery or tools as part of an industrial dispute, particularly the tools of a workman who went against the union.
   • Did you also employ them to ratten people if they had broken any rules of your society, for instance, by having too many apprentices?1867, Report Presented to the Trades Unions Commissioners by the Examiners Appointed to Inquire Into Acts of Intimidation, Outrage, Or Wrong Alleged to Have Been Promoted, Encouraged, Or Connived at...