swipe

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
swipe /swʌɪp/ informal

▶verb

• 1 hit or try to hit with a swinging blow.

• 2 steal.

• 3 pass (a swipe card) through an electronic reader.

▶noun a sweeping blow.

■ an attack or criticism.

– derivatives
swiper noun.

– origin C18: perh. a var. of sweep.