scrump

British

/ skrʌmp /

verb

dialect to steal (apples) from an orchard or garden

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Etymology

Origin of scrump

dialect variant of _scrimp

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Middle-class children could devolve to their robots the playing of educational games with overanxious parents, leaving the scamps free to scrump apples and watch DVDs all day.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 12, 2010

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