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| 1. | [ verb ] take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom | |
| Synonyms: | kidnap snatch abduct | |
| Examples: | "The industrialist's son was kidnapped" |
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| Related terms: | seize seize shanghai crime kidnapper abduction | |
| 2. | [ verb ] (criminal law) make off with belongings of others | |
| Synonyms: | pilfer purloin lift abstract hook filch pinch sneak swipe snarf cabbage | |
| Related terms: | steal booster pilferage | |
| 3. | [ verb ] deprive of by deceit | |
| Synonyms: | defraud swindle con goldbrick scam bunco mulct gyp diddle victimize rook | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | cheat short-change exploitation bunco scam swindler | |
| 4. | [ verb ] disable by drugging, as of a race horse | |
| Related terms: | disable | |
| Similar spelling: |
Noble Nobile nobel Nopalea no_ball nybble nubble novel nopal nobly nibble Nob_Hill |
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