- nobble
- v
- deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my
inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
Synonym(s): victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con
- make off with belongings of others
Synonym(s): pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
- take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
Synonym(s): kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
- disable by drugging; "nobble the race horses"
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