Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Swipe \Swipe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swiped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Swiping}.]
   1. To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping
      motion, as a ball.

            Loose balls may be swiped almost ad libitum. --R. A.
                                                  Proctor.

   2. To pluck; to snatch; to steal. [Slang, U.S.]