as in to abscond
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Recent Examples of decamp
On Thursday, Trump will decamp to Chequers, the U.K. prime minister’s official country residence, for a meeting with Starmer.
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Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025
Advertisement After Trump’s return to the White House was assured, Kirk decamped to a donor’s condo in West Palm Beach to help manage the transition, vetting prospective appointees for loyalty.
—Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
The bottom line Much of the awards-industrial complex, including yours truly, has just returned home from Telluride, and is laying low today and tomorrow before decamping to Canada for the 50th Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
The Domain functions as an expansive outdoor classroom for environmental science courses as professors regularly decamp to hiking trails for their lectures and students learn the different shapes of the leaves while walking beneath them.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
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Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025
Advertisement After Trump’s return to the White House was assured, Kirk decamped to a donor’s condo in West Palm Beach to help manage the transition, vetting prospective appointees for loyalty.
—Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
The bottom line Much of the awards-industrial complex, including yours truly, has just returned home from Telluride, and is laying low today and tomorrow before decamping to Canada for the 50th Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
The Domain functions as an expansive outdoor classroom for environmental science courses as professors regularly decamp to hiking trails for their lectures and students learn the different shapes of the leaves while walking beneath them.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decamp
Verb
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The single owner of the facility, Sun Kyou Lee, also known to them as Jesus Lee, had absconded without any forwarding information.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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In late May, Abarca’s ex-wife, Alexis Garcia, revealed that her husband had absconded with their then 2-year-old son after an argument and had not been seen for five days.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Lammens was perhaps fortunate to escape sanction then (Stuart Atwell booked the forward for diving), but this was a valuable occasion ahead of tougher tests, beginning at Anfield.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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On autopilot The NGC Cinema-Grand Blanc Trillium, about three-quarters of a mile away on Holly Road, became a triage and reunification site for church members who escaped the attack.—
Georgea Kovanis,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
Verb
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There aren’t many places to get out and dodge, and finding a rhythm is difficult.—
Shane Connuck
October 3,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Oct. 2025
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The 49ers got out to a 14-0 lead in the first half and led 17-7 at halftime on Thursday thanks to some big production from wideout Kendrick Bourne.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The pair eloped in September 2024 in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Leslie — who portrays a Major Crimes detective named Daphne Forrester — is engaged!—
Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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High school sweethearts, the musician and his wife eloped in Las Vegas in 1989 after dating for nine years.—
Michael Nied,
People.com,
21 Aug. 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 attackers also made off with the personal data of an unknown number of customers.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
19 Sep. 2025
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Thieves broke into the National Museum of Natural History in Paris and made off with samples of raw gold worth about $700,000, officials have said, the latest in a wave of heists hitting cultural institutions across France.—
Peter Guo,
NBC news,
18 Sep. 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 8 Oct. 2025.
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