She took the papers and decamped.
He decamped to Europe soon after news of the scandal broke.
Recent Examples on the WebAfter his insurrection failed, Trump decamped for Florida.—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 4 May 2024 Redmond began consulting for BMG in 2012 out of his native London before decamping to Germany four years later to officially join the company as senior vp of global corporate communications.—Marc Schneider, Billboard, 3 May 2024 For a while, those extremists decamped to fringe sites such as MeWe, Parler, and MyMilitia.—Tess Owen, WIRED, 2 May 2024 Indio isn’t just a destination for three days of music from sunrise to sunset this week — some are also decamping to the desert for the Coachella party circuit.—Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2024 Ultimately, at the behest of their producer Thom Wilson, who lived in an RV in NoHo at the time, the group decamped at Track Record.—Daniel Kohn, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024 Prior to beginning recording at The Albion Rooms, Barât and Doherty decamped to GeeJam Studios in Jamaica for writing sessions.—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 8 Apr. 2024 As job conditions and wages improved, many Americans decamped from cities to the suburbs, where their children had much more space—and much more time.—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024 Many decamped in search of a brighter future elsewhere, leaving their homes empty for decades.—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
French décamper, from Middle French descamper, from des- de- + camper to camp
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