Definition of "swiping" [swiping]

• Present participle of swipe. (verb)

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• "I recall swiping Wouk's The Caine Mutiny from my mother's travel bag one miserable, gut-churning vacation when I was about twelve and having the stucco walls and smelly carpet of that hotel room just disappear as I got lost inside the narrative."
• "He did not need to be seducing the nanny, no matter how intriguing the idea of swiping aside all that silk and hair sounded."
• "And (I should admit it if pressed) I had picked it up with the idea of swiping Burt a meaty, fruity slosh over the head if he kicked up rough or turned in any way nasty."