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 nobble nobble /ˈnɒbəl/

verb

  1. [Informal, British] Disable by drugging  ( nobble [Informal, British] )
    disable by drugging
     Nobble the race horses
    nobble the race horses
  2. [Informal, British] Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom  ( abduct , nobble [Informal, British] , snatch , kidnap )
    take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
     The industrialist's son was kidnapped
    The industrialist's son was kidnapped
  3. Make off with belongings of others  ( cabbage , filch , hook , abstract , nobble , pinch , snarf , sneak , swipe , lift , pilfer , purloin )
    make off with belongings of others
  4. [Informal, British] Deprive of by deceit  ( bunco [Informal, N. American] , diddle [Informal] , goldbrick [Informal, N. American] , hornswoggle [Informal, N. American] , mulct , nobble [Informal, British] , rook , scam [Informal] , short-change , con [Informal] , defraud , swindle , victimize , grift [Informal, N. American] )
    deprive of by deceit
     He swindled me out of my inheritance
    He swindled me out of my inheritance
     She defrauded the customers who trusted her
    She defrauded the customers who trusted her