"Scupper" can refer to two different things. First, it can mean a drainage hole on a ship or in a building, designed to let water out. Second, it can also mean to ruin or put an end to something.
Even if it doesn't get scuppered by officials in Europe, the policy's ultimate goal - finally achieving the Tory target of cutting immigration below 100,000 - seems to be as dogmatic as it is vulnerable. (politics.co.uk)
Then again, as demonstrated by Macdonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), which saw a high - profile sale scuppered in 2008, it can also be a golden opportunity. (canadianbusiness.com)
The Daily Mirror associate editor says Labour and other parties were right to celebrate peers» recent scuppering of tax credits. (totalpolitics.com)