nobble

/ˈnɑbəl/

Other forms: nobbles; nobbled; nobbling

Definitions of nobble

1. verb

   disable by drugging
   “nobble the race horses”

   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

   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

   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

   types:

   impress, shanghai

   take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship

   type of:

   seize

   take or capture by force