When the people left their huts he would steal in and make off with their plantains or fish.
When someone steps away from their cart to look at something, quickly make off with it without saying a word.
In it, Parson shoots an elephant and lets a bunch of villagers make off with its flesh.
But knowing that the mischievous youngsters would make off with his boots if he left them on the ground, he tied them to his waist-band before he started the climb.
The race to 6)make off with some live coffee trees or beans was eventually won by the Dutch in 1616.