decamp

/dɪkˈæmp/

/dəˈkæmp/

to decamp

MAIN VERB

leave suddenly

synonyms : skip

run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

synonyms : abscond

leave a camp

synonyms : break camp

Examples

1. He decamped Strasbourg for Mainz post haste.

2. So, in 1845, he decamped to Walden Pond.

3. So when Napoleon took over Portugal in 1807, the entire Portuguese royal family and their royal court decamped to Brazil.

4. And the Court House Legislature, the Republican members, decamped to the federal court house and the Democrats stayed in the state legislature.