mitch

verb5

1. •
   (Ireland, Wales) To be absent from (school) without a valid excuse; to play truant, to skive off.

   • John said he was going to mitch the last lesson today.
2. •
   (dialect) To pilfer; filch; steal.
3. •
   (dialect) To shrink or retire from view; lurk out of sight; skulk.
4. •
   (dialect) To grumble secretly.
5. •
   (dialect) To pretend poverty.