nobble

/ˈnɑbəl/
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Other forms: nobbles; nobbled; nobbling

Definitions of nobble
  1. verb
    disable by drugging
    “nobble the race horses”
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    type of:
    disable, disenable, incapacitate
    make unable to perform a certain action
  2. verb
    (offensive) deprive of by deceit
    synonyms: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, rook, scam, short-change, shortchange, swindle, victimize
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    types:
    short, short-change, shortchange
    cheat out of by giving back less money than is due to someone who has overpaid
    type of:
    cheat, chisel, rip off
    deprive somebody of something by deceit
  3. verb
    make off with belongings of others
    synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe
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    type of:
    steal
    take without the owner's consent
  4. verb
    take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
    synonyms: abduct, kidnap, snatch
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    types:
    impress, shanghai
    take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship
    type of:
    seize
    take or capture by force
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