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scarper

scarp·er [ skrpər ] (past and past participle scarp·ered, present participle scarp·er·ing, 3rd person present singular scarp·ers)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
U.K. leave quickly: to leave a place quickly ( slang )

[Mid-19th century. Probably < Italian scappare "to escape"]
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