Pepega means to abduct oneself from one’s current place.
Pepega is a term used in the Philippines to refer to someone who has left his usual dwelling, be it work or home. It could also mean “away.” Its meaning is similar to the words baleg-baleg and tawad. There is a Tagalog proverb that says: pinangaluhin ni llo pepega ang pagod, which roughly translates as “deprive of sleep those who depart”—construed there less as a threat, but more as an unhappy prediction for what will happen next for them if they leave their post or house unmonitored and unattended.