definition of
nobble

[1] #1 nobble v. [victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con] 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". wn

[2] #2 nobble v. [pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, lift] make off with belongings of others. wn

[3] #3 nobble v. [kidnap, abduct, snatch] take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped". wn

[4] #4 nobble v. disable by drugging; "nobble the race horses". wn