decamped; decamping; decamps
Examples of decamp in a Sentence
She took the papers and decamped.
He decamped to Europe soon after news of the scandal broke.
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Secrets decamps to one of the lobby bars.
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Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 27 Mar. 2026
Many families evacuated early in the war, on flights paid for by their governments or employers, while others decamped to Arab and European cities on extended spring breaks and Eid holidays.
—Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Those decamping to more tax-friendly states may include Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel and venture capitalist David Sacks, according to a report from the National Taxpayers Union Foundation.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
Joe Cole, late of Peaky Blinders, plays Ethan, a former petty teen gangster from Las Vegas who has decamped to Los Angeles and made an honest man of himself.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
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Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 27 Mar. 2026
Many families evacuated early in the war, on flights paid for by their governments or employers, while others decamped to Arab and European cities on extended spring breaks and Eid holidays.
—Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Those decamping to more tax-friendly states may include Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel and venture capitalist David Sacks, according to a report from the National Taxpayers Union Foundation.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
Joe Cole, late of Peaky Blinders, plays Ethan, a former petty teen gangster from Las Vegas who has decamped to Los Angeles and made an honest man of himself.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
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“Decamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decamp. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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