She took the papers and decamped.
He decamped to Europe soon after news of the scandal broke.
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Widowed, heartbroken, and left rattling around the house her own father built (the film has a real sense of place, both out in the town and inside the aquarium and Tova’s home), Tova is preparing to decamp for a luxe retirement home across the bay.—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 May 2026 Having relocated from Chicago to New York, Tasha decamped to Los Angeles to record the album with producer and SML member Gregory Uhlmann.—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 6 May 2026 This season, more than one European name is decamping to the States for a fresh crop of resort collections.—Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2026 That's why there are so few of us clinging to the crags of Mount Everest or decamping to Antarctica.—Ari Daniel, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for decamp
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Etymology
French décamper, from Middle French descamper, from des- de- + camper to camp