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scar·per (skär′pər)

intransitive verb

Brit., Slang to run away or depart; decamp

Etymology: ult. < It scappare, to run away, escape < LL *excappare, escape

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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