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NOBBLE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Disable by drugging

Example:

nobble the race horses

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "nobble" is one way to...):

disable; disenable; incapacitate (make unable to perform a certain action)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

Example:

The industrialist's son was kidnapped

Synonyms:

abduct; kidnap; nobble; snatch

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "nobble" is one way to...):

seize (take or capture by force)

Domain category:

crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "nobble"):

impress; shanghai (take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make off with belongings of others

Synonyms:

abstract; cabbage; filch; hook; lift; nobble; pilfer; pinch; purloin; snarf; sneak; swipe

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "nobble" is one way to...):

rip; rip off; steal (take without the owner's consent)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody

Sentence example:

They nobble the goods

Sense 4

Meaning:

Deprive of by deceit

Example:

She defrauded the customers who trusted her

Synonyms:

bunco; con; defraud; diddle; goldbrick; hornswoggle; mulct; nobble; rook; scam; short-change; swindle; victimize

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "nobble" is one way to...):

cheat; chisel; rip off (deprive somebody of something by deceit)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "nobble"):

short; short-change (cheat someone by not returning him enough money)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Sentence example:

They nobble him of all his money

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