nobble meaning and definition

NOBBLE verb

Definition of nobble (verb)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize
2. make off with belongings of others
   • synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe
3. take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
   • "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
   • synonyms: abduct, kidnap, snatch
4. disable by drugging
   • "nobble the race horses"