decamp

1 leave a camp; "The hikers decamped before dawn" [syn: break camp]

2 run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along [syn: abscond, bolt, absquatulate, run off, go off]

3 leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town" [syn: skip, vamoose]

English

Etymology

• French décamper, Old French descamper.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æmp

Intransitive verb

1. To break up camp and move on.
2. To disappear suddenly and secretly.

Synonyms

• abscond
• absquatulate

De Camp, or DeCamp, or Decamp, may mean:

• L. Sprague de Camp (1907-2000), US science fiction and fantasy writer
• Catherine Crook de Camp (1907-2000), US writer, wife of L. Sprague
• Caroline Middleton DeCamp (1926-2000), British politician
• Joseph DeCamp (1858-1923), US painter
• Rosemary DeCamp (1910-2001), US actress

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