deprive of by deceit; 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

[ Syn: victimize , swindle , rook , goldbrick , diddle , bunco , defraud , scam , mulct , gyp , gip , hornswoggle , short-change , con ]

make off with belongings of others

[ Syn: pilfer , cabbage , purloin , pinch , abstract , snarf , swipe , hook , sneak , filch , lift ]

take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; The industrialists son was kidnapped

[ Syn: kidnap , abduct , snatch ]

disable by drugging; nobble the race horses'