as in to abscond
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Recent Examples of decamp
By the next afternoon, the art crowd had decamped and Hydra returned to its serene summer pace, with other low-key art sites revealing themselves like sculptural rocks at low tide.
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Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2025
After Sunday services, the Gemstones and their entourage have decamped to Jason’s Steakhouse, the gang’s favorite place to hold court and hit the salad bar.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 May 2025
After graduation, the friends decamped to different cities, but people kept asking to be sent the DVD.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2025
Bradford City, another League Two club, decamped here when their pitches were covered in snow over winter.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2025
After Sunday services, the Gemstones and their entourage have decamped to Jason’s Steakhouse, the gang’s favorite place to hold court and hit the salad bar.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 May 2025
After graduation, the friends decamped to different cities, but people kept asking to be sent the DVD.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2025
Bradford City, another League Two club, decamped here when their pitches were covered in snow over winter.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decamp
Verb
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In 1991, he was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment for tricking a British bank out of three million pounds before absconding to a French château.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
17 June 2025
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The individual absconded and, due to his actions, was intercepted by Florida law enforcement.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2025
Verb
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Police on Friday captured one of the New Orleans parish inmates who escaped six weeks ago in a jailbreak Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry called the worst in recent state history.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 June 2025
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Whenever the lovers escape the family’s attention, the lighting designer Isabella Byrd throws deep shadows over their sometimes naked forms, turning their bodies into lubricious, moving Caravaggios.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
26 June 2025
Verb
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Realistically the only foreign policy stance the U.S. should have is not just openness to foreign production, but also openness to the people in countries who want to get out.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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But the Heat would have nine months to get out of the tax, because tax bills are not set until the final day of the regular season.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
Verb
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The RuPaul’s Drag Race star and her husband, producer Michael Alvarez, eloped wearing outfits that flipped tradition on its head.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
26 June 2025
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The couple eloped inside Crater Lake National Park in Oregon near the historic Crater Lake Lodge.—
Sarah Sekula,
USA Today,
25 June 2025
Verb
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Zoom in: Privacy and security are big: The house has a private gate and parking so no one has to use the main door, security offices for guests' staff and a bedroom with a secret exit should important visitors need to scram.—
Mimi Montgomery,
Axios,
11 Oct. 2024
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As of now, one man sits on a small dock off each island, telling onlookers to scram.—
Danielle Paquette,
Washington Post,
12 Dec. 2019
Verb
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Taylor Tomlinson will host After Midnight, the show that is replacing The Late Late Show now that James Corden has scarpered off to old Blighty.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
1 Nov. 2023
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Idrissa Gueye has scarpered, but that void was instantly filled by Mainz midfielder Jean-Philippe Gbamin - while Moise Kean, goodness knows how, has signed from Juventus to sharpen things up front.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
5 Aug. 2019
Verb
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The suspects are accused of tying up Kardashian with zip ties and duct tape before making off with jewelry, including a $4 million engagement ring given to her by her then-husband rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, according to investigators.—
Juliette Jabkhiro,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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The suspects are accused of tying up Kardashian with zip ties and duct tape before making off with jewelry, including a $4 million engagement ring given to her by Ye.—
Mekishana Pierre Published,
EW.com,
13 May 2025
Verb
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No studio would finance the feature, about a whorehouse exhibitionist who lams it after being framed for murder — so director Melvin Van Peebles financed it himself with a boost from Bill Cosby, who gave him a $50,000 loan.—
Andrew Lawrence,
Peoplemag,
17 Feb. 2024
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One of those classic films that’s as good as its reputation (and maybe even better), Billy Wilder’s high-spirited comedy stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon as jazz musicians who have to lam it after witnessing a mob crime.—
Keith Phipps,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2023
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“Decamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decamp. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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