Meaning & use
Decamp
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To leave a place suddenly and often secretly, or to break camp and depart.
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The soldiers decamped before dawn to avoid detection.
After the scandal broke, the executive quietly decamped to another country.
A note on using this word
Originally a military term meaning to break camp; it now often carries a hint of slyness or evasion.
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