She took the papers and decamped.
He decamped to Europe soon after news of the scandal broke.
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Other California billionaires already have decamped.—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026 At the very end of the Cornish peninsula is the village of Sennen, where fashion stylist Polly Wilkinson decamped from London six years ago.—Issy Von Simson, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026 Many urban residents have decamped to villages where some homes are still heated.—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 10 Mar. 2026 The Future Perfect, $28,895 After decamping to Brooklyn from Nigeria, architect Tobi Onafeko found a muse in the industrial landscape of its city streets.—Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for decamp
Word History
Etymology
French décamper, from Middle French descamper, from des- de- + camper to camp