verb/ʁa.fle/
to swipe, nick, run off with (steal); to scoop
From Frankish *raffolōn, from Proto-Germanic *hrapōną, *hrēpōną (“to scratch, touch, pluck out, snatch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreb(ʰ)-, *(s)kerb(ʰ)- (“to turn, bend, shrink”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”) – related to Middle Dutch raffel (“dice game”), German raffen (“to snatch away, sweep off”), Old English hreppan (“to touch, treat, attack”).