She took the papers and decamped.
He decamped to Europe soon after news of the scandal broke.
Recent Examples on the Web
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
But the screenwriter never left, having decamped from Hollywood for the native Philadelphia suburbs which have essentially become his muse.—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025 Throughout the year, a furious Musk decamped from his incorporation in Delaware.—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025 The Domain functions as an expansive outdoor classroom for environmental science courses as professors regularly decamp to hiking trails for their lectures and students learn the different shapes of the leaves while walking beneath them.—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025 More than fifty Democratic legislators decamped on August 3rd in what is known as a quorum break.—Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for decamp
Word History
Etymology
French décamper, from Middle French descamper, from des- de- + camper to camp
Share