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scarper

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scarp⋅er

  [skahr-per]
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–verb (used without object) British.
to flee or depart suddenly, esp. without having paid one's bills.
Origin:
1840–50; orig. argot, prob. < Polari ≪ It scappare to flee (see escape )
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