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
scarpering
verb
as in exiting
to leave a place often for another I went looking for Sally at the pub, but she'd scarpered Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- exiting
- departing
- moving
- getting
- fleeing
- going
- escaping
- evacuating
- flying
- parting
- bailing
- starting
- quitting
- retreating
- peeling off
- getting off
- withdrawing
- bugging out
- taking off
- pushing off
- pulling out
- retiring
- digging out
- running along
- cutting out
- clearing off
- buggering off
- walking out
- clearing out
- bailing out
- pushing on
- skipping
- going off
- beating it
- absconding
- bugging off
- emigrating
- booking
- taking a hike
- vamoosing
- scramming
- taking a powder
- decamping
- abandoning
- buzzing (off)
- taking a walk
- pulling up stakes
- pulling stakes
- removing
- shoving (off)
- deserting
- sallying (forth)
- striking out
- hitting the road
- stepping (along)
- packing (up or off)
- setting out
- mizzling
- getting out
- piking (out or off)
- scatting
- running away
- forsaking
- vacating
- stepping out
- going out
- adjourning
- lighting out
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- coming
- arriving
- remaining
- staying
- settling
- closing
- approaching
- dwelling
- abiding
- turning up
- reaching
- tarrying
- nearing
- lodging
- hitting
- landing
- showing up
- unconsequential
- unconsidered
- unconsolable
- unconsolably
- unconsolidated
- unconsonant
- unconspicuous
- unconstancy
- unconstant
- unconstellated
- unconstitutional
- unconstitutionalities
- unconstitutionality
- unconstitutionally
- unconstrained
- unconstraint
- unconstraints
- unconstricted
- unconstructed
- unconstructive
- unconsumed
- unconsummated
- uncontainable
- uncontained
- uncontaminated