have it away (with) v.1
to steal an object.
Crust on its Uppers 34: There they are in court [...] down to having it away with someone’s spoons. | ||
Too Many Crooks Spoil the Caper 103: It don’t make no odds to me if I plug yuh where yuh stand and ’ave it away wiv the lolly. | ||
DSUE (8th edn) 537: since ca. 1925. | ||
Lowspeak 71: Have it away – to successfully complete a crime. | ||
It Was An Accident 71: All you got to avoid is some gangster likes his new Merc, didn’t reckon you ought to have it away. |