She took the papers and decamped.
He decamped to Europe soon after news of the scandal broke.
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Many attendees then decamped to the Faena, including Mnuchin and Dina Powell McCormick, the former Trump official who is now vice chair of the investment firm BDT & MSD.—Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025 That could force an uptick in labor costs as restaurant owners rush to make up the difference, but meanwhile, some workers are decamping to greener pastures in search of more money.—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 18 Feb. 2025 In season two, when Mike White’s series decamped to Sicily, the credits riffed on Italian frescoes that got increasingly debauched — with a beat drop from opera to EDM.—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2025 Elon Musk moved automaker Tesla Inc. and social-media platform X to the Austin area, while Chevron Corp. and Charles Schwab Corp. decamped for Houston and Westlake, respectively.—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for decamp
Word History
Etymology
French décamper, from Middle French descamper, from des- de- + camper to camp
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