1. bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize

deprive of by deceit

Example Sentences:
'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'

• bunco
• con
• defraud
• diddle
• gip
• goldbrick
• gyp
• hornswoggle
• mulct
• rook
• scam
• short-change
• swindle
• victimize

2. abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe

make off with belongings of others

• abstract
• cabbage
• filch
• hook
• lift
• pilfer
• pinch
• purloin
• snarf
• sneak
• swipe

3. abduct, kidnap, nobble, snatch

take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

Example Sentences:
'The industrialist's son was kidnapped'

• abduct
• kidnap
• snatch

4. nobble

disable by drugging

Example Sentences:
'nobble the race horses'