scarper
verb
scar·per ˈskär-pər 
scarpered; scarpering; scarpers
intransitive verb
British
: flee, run away
broadly : leave, depart
Synonyms
- bail
- bail out
- begone
- book [slang]
- bug off
- bug out
- bugger off [British slang]
- buzz (off)
- clear off [chiefly British]
- clear out
- cut out
- depart
- dig out
- exit
- get
- get off
- go
- go off
- move
- pack (up or off)
- part
- peel off
- pike (out or off)
- pull out
- push off
- push on
- quit
- run along
- sally (forth)
- shove (off)
- step (along)
- take off
- vamoose
- walk out
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
I went looking for Sally at the pub, but she'd scarpered.
Recent Examples on the Web Idrissa Gueye has scarpered, but that void was instantly filled by Mainz midfielder Jean-Philippe Gbamin - while Moise Kean, goodness knows how, has signed from Juventus to sharpen things up front. 
SI.com, 5 Aug. 2019 Ms Collett compares it to the muggy period before a thunderstorm, when the squirrels have scarpered and the air is pregnant with foreboding of trouble ahead. The Economist, 21 June 2018
SI.com, 5 Aug. 2019 Ms Collett compares it to the muggy period before a thunderstorm, when the squirrels have scarpered and the air is pregnant with foreboding of trouble ahead. The Economist, 21 June 2018 Word History
Etymology
probably ultimately from Italian scappare, from Vulgar Latin *excappare — more at escape
First Known Use
circa 1846, in the meaning defined above
scarpered
verb
as in departed
to leave a place often for another I went looking for Sally at the pub, but she'd scarpered Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- departed
- exited
- moved
- went
- fled
- got
- escaped
- bailed
- evacuated
- vamoosed
- parted
- started
- flew
- quit
- retreated
- quitted
- withdrew
- peeled off
- booked
- emigrated
- retired
- dug out
- cleared out
- cleared off
- got off
- absconded
- bugged out
- ran along
- cut out
- beat it
- decamped
- pulled out
- pushed off
- went off
- bailed out
- walked out
- pushed on
- buggered off
- deserted
- skipped
- took off
- bugged off
- scrammed
- removed
- abandoned
- took a powder
- took a hike
- set out
- buzzed (off)
- struck out
- sallied (forth)
- stepped (along)
- packed (up or off)
- took a walk
- shoved (off)
- pulled stakes
- vacated
- pulled up stakes
- hit the road
- lit
- piked (out or off)
- mizzled
- got out
- scatted
- ran away
- forsook
- went out
- adjourned
- stepped out
- lighted out
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- came
- arrived
- remained
- settled
- stayed
- approached
- lodged
- closed
- turned up
- dwelt
- neared
- reached
- landed
- tarried
- abided
- dwelled
- hit
- abode
- showed up
- conscience clause
- conscience money
- conscience-stricken
- conscienceless
- consciences
- conscient
- conscientious
- conscientious objection
- conscientious objector
- conscientiously
- conscientiousness
- conscientiousnesses
- conscionable
- conscionablenesses
- conscious
- consciouser
- flycaster
- flycatcher
- flycatchers
- flyed
- flyer
- flyers
- flyfished
- flyfishes
- flyfishing