| VERB | social | nobble, victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, hornswoggle, short-change, con | deprive of by deceit |
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| possession | nobble, pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, lift | make off with belongings of others | |
| contact | nobble, kidnap, abduct, snatch | take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom | |
| change | nobble | disable by drugging |
| Meaning | deprive of by deceit. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Model | They nobble him of all his money | |
| Synonyms | victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, hornswoggle, short-change, con | |
| Narrower | short-change, short | cheat someone by not returning him enough money |
| Broader | cheat, rip off, chisel | deprive somebody of something by deceit |
| Spanish | dar gato por liebre, defraudar, embaucar, engañar, estafar, petardear, timar, victimizar | |
| Catalan | defraudar, entabanar, estafar | |
| Meaning | Make off with belongings of others. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
| Model | They nobble the goods | |
| Synonyms | pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, lift | |
| Broader | steal, rip off, rip | Take without the owner's consent |
| Spanish | afanar, atrapar, birlar, enganchar, guindar, hurtar, mangar, quitar, robar | |
| Catalan | furtar, pispar, robar | |
| Meaning | take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | kidnap, abduct, snatch | |
| Category | crime, criminal offense, criminal offence, law-breaking | (criminal law) an act punishable by law |
| Narrower | shanghai, impress | Take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship |
| Broader | seize | Take or capture by force |
| Spanish | abducir, coger, pescar, raptar, secuestrar | |
| Catalan | agafar, prendre, raptar, segrestar | |
| Meaning | disable by drugging. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "nobble the race horses" | |
| Broader | disable, disenable, incapacitate | make unable to perform a certain action |
| Spanish | drogar | |
| Catalan | drogar | |
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