Word Study
nobble
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb nobble has 4 senses
- nobble(v = verb.social) bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize - 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" is one way to cheat, chisel, rip off
- nobble(v = verb.possession) abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe - make off with belongings of others; Array is one way to steal
- nobble(v = verb.contact) abduct, kidnap, snatch - take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped" is one way to seize
- nobble(v = verb.change) Array - disable by drugging; "nobble the race horses" is one way to disable, disenable, incapacitate
Sample sentence:
They nobble him of all his money
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They nobble the goods
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
nobble, v.tr. Brit. sl.
1 tamper with (a racehorse) to prevent its winning.
2 get hold of (money etc.) dishonestly.
3 catch (a criminal).
4 secure the support of or weaken (a person) esp. by underhand means.
5 seize, grab.
1 tamper with (a racehorse) to prevent its winning.
2 get hold of (money etc.) dishonestly.
3 catch (a criminal).
4 secure the support of or weaken (a person) esp. by underhand means.
5 seize, grab.
Etymology
prob. = dial. knobble, knubble knock, beat, f. KNOB
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