1.  nobble(v = verb.social) bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize - 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"
is one way to cheat, chisel, rip off
Sample sentences: They nobble him of all his money

2.  nobble(v = verb.possession) abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe - make off with belongings of others;
is one way to steal
Sample sentences: They nobble the goods

3.  nobble(v = verb.contact) abduct, kidnap, snatch - take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
is one way to seize
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody

4.  nobble(v = verb.change) - disable by drugging; "nobble the race horses"
is one way to disable, disenable, incapacitate
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

nobble, v.tr. Brit. sl.
1 tamper with (a racehorse) to prevent its winning.
2 get hold of (money etc.) dishonestly.
3 catch (a criminal).
4 secure the support of or weaken (a person) esp. by underhand means.
5 seize, grab.

Etymology:
prob. = dial. knobble, knubble knock, beat, f. KNOB