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nobble

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nobble in WordNet English dictionary

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

 
  1. (verb) (UK/slang) To injure or obstruct intently, batter.
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