I went looking for Sally at the pub, but she'd scarpered.
Recent Examples on the WebIdrissa Gueye has scarpered, but that void was instantly filled by Mainz midfielder Jean-Philippe Gbamin - while Moise Kean, goodness knows how, has signed from Juventus to sharpen things up front.SI.com, 5 Aug. 2019 Ms Collett compares it to the muggy period before a thunderstorm, when the squirrels have scarpered and the air is pregnant with foreboding of trouble ahead.The Economist, 21 June 2018
Word History
Etymology
probably ultimately from Italian scappare, from Vulgar Latin *excappare — more at escape