Hypertext Webster Gateway: "swiped"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Swipe \Swipe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swiped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Swiping}.]
1. To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping
motion, as a ball.
Loose balls may be swiped almost ad libitum. --R. A.
Proctor.
2. To pluck; to snatch; to steal. [Slang, U.S.]
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