nobble

nob·ble  (nbl)

tr.v. nob·bled, nob·bling, nob·bles Chiefly British

1. To disable (a racehorse), especially by drugging.

2. To win (a person) over.

3. To outdo or get the better of by devious means.

4. To filch or steal.

5. To kidnap.

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[Origin unknown.]

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nobbler n.

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nobble

Verb

[-bling, -bled] Chiefly Brit, Austral, & NZ slang

1. to bribe or threaten

2. to disable (a racehorse) to stop it from winning

3. to steal [a nobbler, a false division of an hobbler one who hobbles horses]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	nobble - 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" bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, rook, scam, swindle, short-change, victimize short, short-change - cheat someone by not returning him enough money cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
	2.	nobble - make off with belongings of others cabbage, filch, pilfer, purloin, snarf, abstract, swipe, sneak, pinch, hook, lift steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"
	3.	nobble - take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped" abduct, kidnap, snatch crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" seize - take or capture by force; "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages" shanghai, impress - take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after being drugged"
	4.	nobble - disable by drugging; "nobble the race horses" disable, disenable, incapacitate - make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer"

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nobble

verb 1. Brit. (slang) influence, square, win over, pay off (informal) corrupt, intimidate, bribe, get at, buy off, suborn, grease the palm or hand of (slang)

verb 2. Brit. (slang) disable, handicap, weaken, incapacitate

verb 3. thwart, check, defeat, frustrate, snooker, foil, baffle, balk, prevent

Translations

nobble [ˈnɔbl] vt (BRIT) (col) (= bribe); sobornar: (= catch); pescar: (RACING) → drogar

nobble [ˈnɔbl] vt (Brit) (inf) (= bribe) [+ person] → soudoyer, acheter: [+ person] (to speak to) → mettre le grappin sur;

(Racing) [+ horse, dog]; droguer (pour l'empêcher de gagner)

nobble [nɔbl] (Brit) (inf) vt (bribe) → (sich dat) kaufen;

(grab) → sich dat schnappen;

(Racing) (horse, dog) → lahmlegen

nobble [ˈnɔbl] vt (BRIT ) (col) (= bribe) [+ person] → comprare, corrompere: [+ person to speak to, criminal]; bloccare, beccare;

(RACING) [+ horse, dog]; drogare