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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of decamp.

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Examples

  • Shortly after that, he decamped from the Parrish, Fla., house where he had been staying, the men said.

    kevin mcmanus 2010

  • All day he maintained his perilous station between the city and the Barbarians: Villehardouin decamped in silence at the dead of night; and his masterly retreat of three days would have deserved the praise of Xenophon and the ten thousand.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • In view of this, and the fact that he has fully honored his obligations, the statement that his operations have "decamped" to Singapore is, in our view, misleading.

    Mail Call: Quality vs. Cost? 2007

  • The gentleman from Franklin, in the remarks which he made, referred to some manager of a lottery, who, after selling his tickets, "decamped" with the money.

    The Beginnings of Public Education in North Carolina; A Documentary History, 1790-1840. Vol. I Charles Lee 1908

  • Making the best of a bad situations, Friedlander nonetheless made his audience chuckle before a group of us decamped to a nearby restaurant for dinner.

    Fabio Periera: Ten Minutes with Judah Friedlander Fabio Periera 2010

  • Making the best of a bad situations, Friedlander nonetheless made his audience chuckle before a group of us decamped to a nearby restaurant for dinner.

    Fabio Periera: Ten Minutes with Judah Friedlander Fabio Periera 2010

  • The census statistics released Tuesday suggest the Golden State is losing its luster as growth has slowed and many of its residents have decamped for states where housing is cheaper.

    More than half of California children Latino, census shows 2011

  • We had decamped to London for three months to record our fourth album, Monkey Business.

    Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011

  • And on Thursday – desperately in search of electricity, the Internet, battery charging or all of the above – they decamped at the Starbucks in downtown Rockville.

    The powerless plug in at Starbucks Dan Morse 2011

  • In addition to Mr. Cohn, other longtime executives and engineers have departed in recent weeks, including a vice president of Latin American operations and the company's chief trust officer, who decamped to rival Google Inc. to work on privacy issues for the Google+ social network.

    Yahoo Battles Brain Drain Amir Efrati 2011

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