Synonyms and Antonyms of nobble
1
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
- an old scam that's been used for years to nobble unsuspecting London tourists
beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, fleece, flimflam, gaff, gyp, hose [slang], hustle, mulct, pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, thimblerig, victimize
extort, wrench, wrest, wring
clip, gouge, nick, overcharge, soak
exploit, milk
deceive, dupe, fool, gull, trick
rope (in)
betray, bitch, double-cross
bamboozle, fast-talk
2
to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly
- a London bobby nobbled the pickpocket just as he was about to make off with the tourist's watch
bag, capture, catch, collar, cop [slang], corral, get, glom, grab, grapple, hook, land, nab, nail, net, rap, seize, snag, snap (up), snare, snatch, trap
glove, halter, lasso, rope
apprehend, arrest, detain
bay, corner
clasp, clutch, fasten (on), fist, grasp, grip, hold, latch (on or onto), secure
rend, wrest
enmesh (also immesh), ensnare, entangle, entrap, mesh
abduct, kidnap, spirit (away or off)
