as in to abscond
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Recent Examples of decamp
After graduation, the friends decamped to different cities, but people kept asking to be sent the DVD.
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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
In 1978, an ambitious and rebellious young woman, Marina Bulgari, decamped from her family business to branch out with her own jewelry brand.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The studio’s longtime box-office rainmaker Christopher Nolan, meanwhile, decamped to Universal to make his next billion-dollar movie, Oppenheimer.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
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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
In 1978, an ambitious and rebellious young woman, Marina Bulgari, decamped from her family business to branch out with her own jewelry brand.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The studio’s longtime box-office rainmaker Christopher Nolan, meanwhile, decamped to Universal to make his next billion-dollar movie, Oppenheimer.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 18 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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The individual then escaped, believed to have escaped outside the back of the house.—
Mandy Taheri
Peter Aitken
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 June 2025
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Heat escapes its atmosphere so quickly that, were one to stand at its equator at noon with skin exposed — not a great idea!—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
15 June 2025
Verb
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On his introductory media call with the Ducks, Trouba said Drury forced him to choose between accepting a trade to a team on his no-trade list and going on waivers — the same way the GM got out of Goodrow’s contract nearly six months earlier.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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If on or near West Kerr Scott Reservoir, get out of the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
19 June 2025
Verb
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The pair elope in Las Vegas after the Billboard Music Awards.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
24 May 2025
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Dorfman later revealed that the two secretly eloped in late 2023 The news of their split comes five months after Dorfman seemingly hinted at their breakup in a post shared to Instagram in late December 2024 Tommy Dorfman and Elise Williams are going their separate ways.—
Esther Kang,
People.com,
22 May 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 two crooks then went through the home, making off with an undisclosed amount of cash and jewelry.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
10 June 2025
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Shoemaker-Gonzalez reportedly made off with the vehicle after the man ran into the store and had someone call 911, Devlin’s report said.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
21 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 30 Jun. 2025.
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