Rat"ten (?), v. t. [Prov. E. ratten a rat, hence the verb literally means, to do mischief like a rat.]
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.
[Trades-union Cant]
J. McCarthy.
© Webster 1913.