kipe v.
(US) to steal; the shoplift.
![]() | Boy and Girl Tramps of America (1976) 199: Three long butts I kipped right in front of the entrance. | |
![]() | F.O.B. Detroit 86: ‘We could put it in there.’ ‘Too risky,’ he said ‘Some kid would kipe it.’. | |
![]() | Garden of Sand (1981) 364: They were out to cheat you blind before you kypped half their store. | |
![]() | AS L:1/2 62: They kiped that car last night. | ‘Razorback Sl.’ in|
![]() | Because the Night 232: Johnny imagines all manner of chrome gadgetry that he could kipe. | |
![]() | Modern English 25: kipe (v): A Brit word for shoplift, five finger discount. | |
![]() | Online Sl. Dict. 🌐 kipe v 1. to steal. (‘Don’t kipe my sandwich!’). |
In phrases
(UK Und.) a safebreaker.
![]() | Swell’s Night Guide 124/1: Kyper cove, a cracksman. |