krallen /Vb./
3. salopp sich /Dat./ etw. krallen
sich etw. aneignen: er krallte sich das Geld und verschwand;
http://www.dwds.de/?kompakt=1&sh=1&qu=krallenAus: BERTELSMANN Wörterbuch
* kral|len [V.1, hat gekrallt]
...
II [mit Dat. (sich) und Akk.; ugs.] sich etwas krallen
sich etwas widerrechtlich aneignen; er hat sich das Fahrrad gekrallt
http://www.wissen.de/wde/generator/wissen/ser...kral|len 3. (salopp) a) schnell und unauffällig an sich nehmen, entwenden: er hat [sich] das Fahrrad gestern im Stadtpark gekrallt;
Duden - Deutsches Universalwörterbuch, 5. Aufl. Mannheim 2003
[hmmm...seems to be very popular with Fahrräder]
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American Heritage Dictionary
swipeTRANSITIVE VERB: ...
3.
Informal To steal; filch. See synonyms at steal.
stealSYNONYMS:steal, purloin, filch, snitch, pilfer, cop 2, hook, swipe, lift, pinch
These verbs mean to take another's property wrongfully, often surreptitiously. Steal is the most general: stole a car; steals research from colleagues. To purloin is to make off with something, often in a breach of trust: purloined the key to his cousin's safe-deposit box. Filch and snitch often suggest that what is stolen is of little value, while pilfer sometimes connotes theft of or in small quantities: filched towels from the hotel; snitch a cookie; pilfered fruit from the farmer.
Cop, hook, and swipe frequently connote quick, furtive snatching or seizing: copped a necklace from the counter; planning to hook a fur coat; swiped a magazine from the rack. To lift is to take something surreptitiously and keep it for oneself: a pickpocket who lifts wallets on the subway. Pinch suggests stealing something by or as if by picking it up between the thumb and the fingers: pinched a dollar from his mother's purse.
Longman dictionary of Contemporary English ONLINE
2 [transitive] informal to steal something [= pinch British English]
The photos were probably swiped by an employee.
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PONS/Collins Globalwörterbuch, 1993
krallen ...
vt ... 2. (inf) to pinch, to swipe (inf)
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Tja so ist das eben. War doch nix mit Osteuropa etc. Ein kleiner 19 Jähriger Verbrecher ist mal kurz beim Schweizer Kunden eingestiegen und hat sich den Schlüssel
gekrallt und danach einen auf dicke Hose gemacht. Das ging in die Hose. Ich denke der wagen war entsprechend versichert.
http://www.rennrad-news.de/fotos/showphoto.ph...Thieves swipe bikes from Malden Center T stationBy Amanda J. Mantone/amantone@cnc.com
Fri Jun 29, 2007, 02:07 PM EDT
Malden -
Malden - A slew of bikes were allegedly stolen from outside the Malden Center MBTA stop last Thursday night, according to police and eyewitness reports.
http://www.wickedlocal.com/malden/news/x727726324 
