She took the papers and decamped.
He decamped to Europe soon after news of the scandal broke.
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Now, Jenner has decamped to Paris amidst the spring 2026 menswear shows.—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 25 June 2025 These dads are not decamping into depressing one-bedrooms.—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 20 June 2025 That’s when American legends like Louis Armstrong, Stan Getz and Dexter Gorden decamped to Denmark and give the capital one of the most flourishing jazz scenes in the world.—Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025 Up in the sky, the apartments in the gleaming towers of Billionaires’ Row sit idle while their owners decamp to one of their other homes, thousands of miles away.—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for decamp
Word History
Etymology
French décamper, from Middle French descamper, from des- de- + camper to camp
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