She took the papers and decamped.
He decamped to Europe soon after news of the scandal broke.
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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 Kalanick is the latest tech boss to decamp to Texas from California’s technology locus.—Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026 Michael and Jenna Morton decided to decamp the chilly temps of Chicago for the sunny desert clime of Las Vegas back in 2003.—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 17 Mar. 2026 With the cast in place, the entire team decamped to Berlin in March of 2004 to begin filming for several months, a period that would impact the cast members in different ways.—Matthew Huff, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for decamp
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Etymology
French décamper, from Middle French descamper, from des- de- + camper to camp