nobble

Plural: nobbles

Verb

Verb Forms: nobbled, nobbling, nobbles

• To tamper with or disable, especially a racehorse.
• deprive of by deceit
• make off with belongings of others
• take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
• disable by drugging
  • "nobble the race horses"
• To injure or obstruct intentionally.
• To gain influence over by corrupt means or intimidation.
• To steal.
• To tamper with (typically a racehorse or greyhound) in order to prevent it from winning a race.

Noun

• A deliberate act of injury or obstruction.

Examples

• He tried to NOBBLE my chances by blocking off all the double word scores.

Synonyms

abduct, abstract, bunco, cabbage, con, defraud, diddle, filch, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hook, hornswoggle, kidnap, lift, mulct, pilfer, pinch, purloin, rook, scam, short-change, snarf, snatch, sneak, swindle, swipe, victimize, cooper

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