Nobble

1 definition found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nobble
       v 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" [syn: {victimize}, {swindle}, {rook}, {goldbrick},
             {diddle}, {bunco}, {defraud}, {scam}, {mulct}, {gyp}, {con}]


       2: make off with belongings of others [syn: {pilfer}, {cabbage},
           {purloin}, {pinch}, {abstract}, {snarf}, {swipe}, {hook},
           {sneak}, {filch}, {lift}]
       3: take away to an undisclosed location against their will and
          usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's
          son was kidnapped" [syn: {kidnap}, {abduct}, {snatch}]
       4: disable by drugging; "nobble the race horses"