nobble

(verb)

verb

1. deprive of by deceit

Similar word(s): bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, rook, scam, swindle, victimize

Definition categories: social, cheat, chisel

2. make off with belongings of others

Similar word(s): abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe

Definition categories: possession, rip, steal

3. take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

Similar word(s): abduct, kidnap, snatch

Definition categories: contact, seize

4. disable by drugging

- nobble the race horses

Definition categories: change, disable, disenable, incapacitate

Sentences with nobble as a verb:

- The jury was nobbled to delay unanimous verdict.