Usually means: Flee quickly to avoid trouble.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word scarper:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. scarper: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. scarper: Merriam-Webster
  3. scarper: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. scarper: Collins English Dictionary
  5. scarper: Vocabulary.com
  6. scarper: Wordnik
  7. scarper: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. scarper: Wiktionary
  9. scarper: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. scarper: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. scarper: Dictionary.com
  12. scarper: Rhymezone
  13. scarper: FreeDictionary.org
  14. scarper: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. scarper: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. Scarper: Phrase Finder

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scarper: Encyclopedia

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. scarper, scarper: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. scarper: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Scarper: Urban Dictionary

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verb:  (British, slang) To run away; to flee; to escape.

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