Synonyms: nobble
Definition: disable by drugging
Usage: nobble the race horses
Similar words: incapacitate, disable, disenable
Definition: make unable to perform a certain action
Usage: disable this command on your computer
Synonyms: abduct, snatch, nobble, kidnap
Definition: take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
Usage: The industrialist's son was kidnapped
Similar words: seize
Definition: take or capture by force
Usage: The terrorists seized the politicians; The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages
Synonyms: abstract, filch, hook, snarf, sneak, nobble, swipe, cabbage, pilfer, pinch, purloin, lift
Definition: make off with belongings of others
Similar words: steal
Definition: take without the owner's consent
Usage: Someone stole my wallet on the train; This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation
Synonyms: hornswoggle, goldbrick, gip, gyp, bunco, short-change, scam, rook, con, diddle, defraud, swindle, mulct, nobble, victimize
Definition: deprive of by deceit
Usage: 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
Similar words: rip off, cheat, chisel
Definition: deprive somebody of something by deceit
Usage: The con-man beat me out of $50; This salesman ripped us off!; we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme; They chiseled me out of my money