[syn: decamp, skip, vamoose]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Decamp \De*camp"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Decamped (?; 215); p.
pr. & vb. n. Decamping.] [F. d['e]camper; pref. d['e]- (L.
dis) + camp camp. See Camp.]
1. To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground,
usually by night or secretly. --Macaulay.
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2. Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; -- generally used
disparagingly.
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The fathers were ordered to decamp, and the house
was once again converted into a tavern. --Goldsmith.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
decamp
v 1: leave a camp; "The hikers decamped before dawn" [syn:
decamp, break camp]
2: run away; usually includes taking something or somebody
along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant
absconded with the cash from the safe" [syn: abscond,
bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make
off]
3: leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"
[syn: decamp, skip, vamoose]