[
UK
/nˈɒbəl/
]
VERB
-
deprive of by deceit
He swindled me out of my inheritance
She defrauded the customers who trusted her - make off with belongings of others
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take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
The industrialist's son was kidnapped -
disable by drugging
nobble the race horses
How To Use nobble In A Sentence
- The trial was stopped before Christmas after allegations of attempts to nobble the jury.
- When the team of waiting staff delivered the last of the meals and wished us bon appétit, I nobbled the waiter nearest me.
- The suspicion is that the prosecutor has, for reasons which will become evident below, been nobbled by powers with an interest in the continued survival as President of Paul Kagame. Archive 2008-02-24
- The trial was stopped before Christmas after allegations of attempts to nobble the jury.
- Overcrowded classrooms and the challenges of accommodating myriad different languages will nobble attempts to drive up standards. The Sun
- The jury who convicted him were suspected of being nobbled.
- But then, when the official part was over, I was nobbled by a man in the English Department.
- So I will set out our reasoning and to try to convince the MA's readers that we have not been "nobbled" by the pubcos into backing down - far from it! Rss news feed for Morning Advertiser
- He nobbled her in the corridor to sign the invoice.
- They nobbled two children as hostages in addition.