nobble Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb deprive of by deceit
   rook; scam; gip; goldbrick; con; short-change; mulct; gyp; bunco; victimize; hornswoggle; diddle; defraud; swindle.
   
   • He swindled me out of my inheritance
   • She defrauded the customers who trusted her
   • the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change
2. verb make off with belongings of others
   pilfer; filch; pinch; abstract; swipe; sneak; purloin; hook; lift; snarf; cabbage.
   
3. verb take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
   abduct; kidnap; snatch.
   
   • The industrialist's son was kidnapped
4. verb disable by drugging
   
   • nobble the race horses

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