Usually means: Sabotaging or thwarting plans effectively.
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  1. scuppering: Merriam-Webster
  2. scuppering: Collins English Dictionary
  3. scuppering: Vocabulary.com
  4. scuppering: Wordnik
  5. scuppering: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. scuppering: Wiktionary
  7. scuppering: Dictionary.com
  8. scuppering: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. scuppering: Encyclopedia

(Note: See scupper as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (scupper)

noun:  (nautical) A drainage hole on the deck of a ship.
noun:  (architecture) A similar opening in a wall or parapet that allows water to drain from a roof.
verb:  (transitive, UK) To thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another.
▸ Also see scupper


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