'scupper' is an accepted word in written English.
You can use the word 'scupper' to denote something that prevents success or progress. For example, "The government's decision to raise taxes would scupper our plans for expansion."
As the Greens gathered for their annual conference in Hove, Owen Clarke, the coordinator of the party's disputes resolution committee, said the "friction" between some activists could scupper their parliamentary hopes, and expressed "dismay" at party infighting.
Soon she could return to the front pages in a more controversial role – when she stands up in court to represent Muammar Gaddafi's notorious spy chief in a case that could scupper the reputation of the international criminal court.
Speculation is bound to occur because it is hard to fathom the reason for 78-year-old Stevens climbing back aboard the Express ship that he tried so hard to scupper during his 14 years at the helm.
He added: "Do you really think that this verifiable deal, if fully implemented, backed by the world's major powers, is a worse option than the risk of another war in the Middle East?" His remarks were aimed at Democrats, rather than those Republicans who are working in partnership with Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu to scupper the deal.
There are several bills in the House and Senate that could scupper the deal.
He abandoned her in a psychiatric hospital; and, when they were living separately, tricked her into letting him sleep in her house to scupper divorce proceedings, because he depended on the fortune she inherited from Gomez Carrillo.
In April 1998 the NGOs used the Internet to scupper the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI), another international agreement designed to harmonise rules on foreign investment.
Disagreements over such tricky matters could easily scupper the deal.
An accord with Iran will be followed by a showdown in Congress, where Israel's many supporters will try to scupper the deal.
The issue threatens a 1994 agreement, under which North Korea promised not to build nuclear bombs, in return for two nuclear reactors provided by a consortium including America.Verification is also the biggest sticking-point in the talks on North Korea's missile programme indeed this issue, along with the change of administration, combined to scupper Mr Clinton's visit.
Moreover, the EU is taking legal action against Spain for breaking European takeover rules.Manuel Conthe, boss of the CNMV, Spain's stockmarket regulator, quit his job on April 2nd in protest at the government's pressure on CNMV to scupper E.ON's bid for Endesa.
