"becreep" meaning in English

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          "text": "“Two o'clock am a troop of buffaloes came to drink at our pool and one of my boys, whose leg had been broken last year by an elephant, becrept them and shot one which turned out to be in good condition. […]\"",
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          "text": "Or malachite in green coprolitic stools like small stone turds becrept a brassy green.",
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          "text": "\"Ja, baas,\" he said; \"I shall becreep them. […]\"",
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        "To creep up on; stalk"
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        "(transitive) To creep up on; stalk"
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      "form": "becrept",
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