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