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To shape stone roughly, usually at the quarry.

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1: To drug, lame, etc. (a racehorse) to prevent its winning. (1847 —) .
News Chronicle Lord Rosebery confirms today that his horse which was nobbled was Snap (1951).

2: To get (a person) over on to one's own side or to reduce (a person's) efficiency, esp. by underhand means; spec. to induce (a jury) to return a corrupt verdict. (1856 —) .
M. Underwood What about the rest of the delegation?... No chance of nobbling one of them? (1973).

3: To get for oneself, seize, grab. (1877 —) .
M. Woodhouse We've got this Shackleton we've nobbled off Coastal Command (1968).

[From earlier, obs. sense, to hit; prob. = Brit dialect knobble, knubble verb, to knock, hit, from knob noun.]

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Illegal interference with a horse before a race to ensure that it does not race well.

For a list of words related to nobble, see:

• Fraud, Treachery, and Deception - nobble: Brit. slang. swindle, cheat, or steal

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - hugge, stjæle, arrestere, bestikke, dope (væddeløbshest)

Nederlands (Dutch)
pogen oneerlijk te beïnvloeden, gappen, bedotten, inrekenen, ongeschikt maken om te winnen (paardenrennen)

Français (French)
v. tr. - (GB) acheter (qn), soudoyer, faucher (de l'argent), droguer (un cheval pour l'empêcher de gagner), pincer (un criminel), attraper (qn) au passage

Deutsch (German)
v. - (durch unehrliche Mittel) auf seine Seite ziehen, langsam machen, (ugs.) stehlen, (ugs.) schnappen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - σουφρώνω, κλέβω, βουτώ, ντοπάρω με κατευναστική ουσία ή "κρατώ" άλογο κούρσας, κερδίζω (ανέντιμα) με το μέρος μου

Italiano (Italian)
drogare, corrompere, usurpare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - trapacear, prender

Русский (Russian)
подкупать, мошенничать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - sobornar, birlar, drogar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - fixa/dopa häst, locka över, muta, stjäla, lura till sig, gripa, kidnappa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使其不能取胜, 诈骗

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使其不能取勝, 詐騙

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 이길 수 없게 말에 독약을 먹이다, (기수를)매수하다, (범인을)잡다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 歓心を買う, 勝てなくする, 逮捕する, 買収する, 出場不能にする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يغش, يخدع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שיחד כדי למנוע ניצחון במירוץ-סוסים, ניסה להשפיע באופן בלתי-הוגן, השיג ברמאות, רכש לבו, שיחד, רימה, גנב (כסף), תפס‬

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