Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To take stealthily; steal.
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Examples
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*KCT turns surrept…serept…sneekily and frows anuvver pi rite a Maus and hits Maus* *SPLAT SPLATTER*
Told you washing machine was bad idea - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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He bought a cannon for them, surrept -- pretending he was sending it to Latin America, and shipped it off to Kansas, together with muskets and all sorts of other things.
A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmstead & America in the 19th Century 1999
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