The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - swipe v.

1) Usually, swipe at. swing at, strike at, hit at, lash out at: He swiped away at the golf ball but kept missing it. 2) steal, filch, pilfer, purloin, Colloq pinch, lift, snitch, Chiefly Brit nick, whip, snaffle: They caught Freddie swiping a bag of mints at Woolworth's. --n. 3) swing, strike, clip: Ronald took a swipe at the ball with his racket.