nobble

tr.v. Chiefly British., -bled, -bling, -bles.

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.

[Origin unknown.]

nobbler nob'bler n.

To shape stone roughly, usually at the quarry.

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

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The verb has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: deprive of by deceit
  Synonyms: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, con

Meaning #2: make off with belongings of others
  Synonyms: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, lift

Meaning #3: of people
  Synonyms: kidnap, abduct, snatch

Meaning #4: disable by drugging, as of a race horse

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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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