make away with

verb5

1. •
   To steal; to escape with ill-gotten gains.

   • Thieves made away with £50,000 of jewellery in last night's heist.
2. •
   To be excused from punishment after committing (an offense).
3. •
   College applicants can make away with a few office referrals and maybe a detention, but students who have been suspended or expelled may not be accepted.
4. •
   To transfer or alienate; hence, to spend; to dissipate.
5. •
   (no longer used) To do away with; to destroy.

   • We talked of a man’s drowning himself.―Johnson. “I should never think it time to make away with myself.” — 1785