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 [ˈnɒb^əl]

vb (tr) Brit slang

1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Racing) to disable (a racehorse), esp with drugs

2. to win over or outwit (a person) by underhand means

3. to suborn (a person, esp a juror) by threats, bribery, etc.

4. to steal; filch

5. to get hold of; grab

6. to kidnap

[back formation from nobbler, from false division of an hobbler (one who hobbles horses) as a nobbler]

nobbler  n

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) The trial was stopped after allegations of attempts to nobble the jury.

2. (Brit. slang) disable, handicap, weaken, incapacitate the drug used to nobble two horses at Doncaster last week

3. thwart, check, defeat, frustrate, snooker, foil, baffle, balk, prevent Their plans were nobbled by jealous rivals.

Translations

nobble [ˈnɒbl] (Brit) VT

1. [+ person] (= waylay) → pescar; (= bribe) → sobornar, comprar

2. (= drug) [+ horse] → drogar

3. (= arrest) → agarrar, pescar

4. (= steal) → birlar, afanar

nobble [ˈnɒb^əl] vt

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

(British) (= bribe) [+ person] → soudoyer, acheter

(British) [+ person] (to speak to) → mettre le grappin sur
Nobel prize [Nəʊˌbɛlˈpraɪz] n → prix m Nobel
the Nobel Prize for literature → le prix Nobel de littérature

nobble

vt (Brit inf)

horse, dog → lahm legen (inf)

(= catch) → sich (dat) → schnappen (inf)

(= obtain dishonestly) votes etc → sich (dat) → kaufen; money → einsacken (inf)

jury, witness → bestechen

(= thwart) plan → durchkreuzen

nobble [ˈnɒbl] vt (Brit) (fam)

a. (bribe, person) → comprare, corrompere

b. (catch, thief) → beccare; (person to speak to) → bloccare, beccare

c. (Racing) impedire illegalmente a un cane/cavallo di partecipare a una gara