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.