DECAMP Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

decamp

verb

Definition of decamp

as in to abscond

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Recent Examples of decamp Should everyone on the Upper East Side just decamp to the Hamptons while this gets worked out? — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 15 July 2026 The bulk of the agency will decamp to move in with DDA in the Bradbury building in August. — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2026 Some members of Swalwell’s digital team, who previously worked for Newsom, have since decamped for the Becerra campaign. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026 Meanwhile Hollywood jobs have been decamping for years to more affordable filming locales. — Michael R. Blood, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for decamp

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The family traveled around the country preaching and soliciting donations, and when Gortner was 16, his father absconded with what was reported to be $3 million in donations.

— Pat Saperstein, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
Her former research partner has absconded with her life’s work, presumably to put toward greedy human means of Manifest Destiny.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of abscond

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The tie-up between Ultra and Physical Intelligence thus reflects a clever division of labor and distribution play—one that lets the former focus on its core robot-building competency, while PI gets out-of-the-lab data to better train its models.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
Probably get out and do that, like, half-walk, half-jog thing and then show up, like, really sweaty and miserable.

— Zach Schiffman, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of get out

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A couple flying to Las Vegas to elope ended up getting married at 35,000 feet after a Southwest Airlines crew turned their flight into a wedding.

— Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Written and directed by Achyuth Vinayak, the film released in theaters in 2023, following a couple whose plan to elope is complicated when the man’s sister decides to elope as well.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of elope

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Tony Vitello didn’t get through the first inning before being told to scram, thrown out by home plate umpire Ryan Blakney for arguing a check-swing call.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026
The chicks reportedly also told Fiona the squirrel to scram—just like mom.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 June 2026

Definition of scram

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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
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

Definition of scarper

Verb

At a museum in eastern France, two men disguised with wigs used a sledgehammer and a hammer to smash a display case and make off with a 2,500-year-old gold necklace.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
The suspect in a 2022 homicide believed there was a large amount of currency hidden in a chicken stand on Foothill Boulevard, but killed a man only to make off with a paltry $110, according to police.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of make off

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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
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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