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[ UK /skˈɑːpɐ/ ]
VERB
  1. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
    If you see this man, run!
    The burglars escaped before the police showed up

How To Use scarper In A Sentence

  • And since the party starts at 7pm, I reckon I can scarper shortly after 10 to get to the pub for last orders.
  • The rat, who, arguably, has been the cause of near tragedy, scarpers.
  • On the way, they'd been attacked by brigands again, but they'd scarpered as soon as they realised the team was capable of offering armed resistance.
  • By grief he does not mean what grief father caused him by scarpering, but the grief Davis might cause turning up.
  • For it is the truth of my heart, dearest Lady, that thou hast inspired in me that which I had thought long lost, and whither it had scarpered I wot not.
  • He actually lay in wait for burglars and shot them as a deliberate act, even though they were about to scarper.
  • These were communal dunnies so every now and then someone would open the door, loudly sniff the air and promptly scarper.
  • The bookshop man told him it would cost around £20,000, so Daniel scarpered.
  • Determined to rescue the two, Holmes starts a diversionary fire and, in the confusion, scarpers.
  • By the time the police get there, they've scarpered and nothing gets done.
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