Definition of "scarper" [scarper]

• To run away; to flee; to escape. (verb)

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• "Except (he didn't add) that instead of keeling over and dying like canaries, they trouser the money and scarper."
• "Once the payment is made the rogue trader will scarper with the cash or carry out a botch job."
• "James watched a spider crawl out of her ear and scarper to her mouth, disappearing as quickly as it had appeared."