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swipe verb- to hit someone UK, 1851
From an earlier sense, “to swing the arms in a circular motion”. - Mellors folded the paper into a tight rod, lashed out suddenly at his [Monty’s] exposed buttock [...] “You hadn’t ought to do that,” Monty said in a pained tone. “Do what?” “Swipe people in their sleep.” — Derek Bickerton, Payroll, pp. 13–14, 1959
- to steal something US, 1889
- His wife had swiped his dough, and gone off with another man[.] — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, pp. 29–30, 1956
- to take something, but not necessarily to steal it UK
- — The Felstedian, December 1947
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