1. (

• victimize ,
• swindle ,
• rook ,
• goldbrick ,
• nobble ,
• diddle ,
• bunco ,
• defraud ,
• scam ,
• mulct ,
• hornswoggle ,
• short-change ,
• con

) deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; ;

2. (

• pilfer ,
• cabbage ,
• purloin ,
• pinch ,
• abstract ,
• snarf ,
• swipe ,
• hook ,
• sneak ,
• filch ,
• nobble ,
• lift

) make off with belongings of others ;

3. (

• kidnap ,
• nobble ,
• abduct ,
• snatch ,

) take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped" ;

4. (

• nobble

) disable by drugging; "nobble the race horses" ;