The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ratten \Rat"ten\ (r[a^]t"t'n), 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.
Wiktionary
vb. (context obsolete Northern England English) To sabotage machinery or tools as part of an industrial dispute, particularly the tools of a workman who went against the union.
Wikipedia
Ratten is a municipality in the district of Weiz in the Austrian state of Styria.
Usage examples of "ratten".
Spitsmuizen, die naast de Vleermuizen de kleinste van alle Zoogdieren zijn, hebben een evenredig gebouwd lichaam en herinneren door haar uitwendig voorkomen aan de Ratten en Muizen.
With the weapon safely retrieved, he Rattened himself against the trunk and began to ease himself into deeper water again.
I kicked a hole in the soft earth the foothold gave way, and I was just contemplating going forward and getting on to the bank where the nullah Rattened out, when a fusillade of shots followed by shouting broke out in the direction of the camp.