1. depart suddenly or secretly, especially to relocate one's business or household in another area: "now he has decamped to Hollywood"Similarabscondmake offrun offrun awayfleebolttake offtake flightdisappearvanishslip awaysteal awaysneak awaybeat a hasty retreatescapemake a run for itmake one's getawayleavedepartmake oneself scarceinformal:splitscramskedaddlevamooseskipcut and runmake trackspush offshove offclear offhightail ithotfoot itshow a clean pair of heelsdo a bunkdo a runnerdo a moonlight flitdo a disappearing acthead for the hillsfly the cooptake French leavego AWOLscarpertake a powdergo on the lamlight outbug outpeel outcut outinformal, dated:hook itOppositereturn
▪ break up or leave a military camp:"the armies of both chiefs had decamped"Similarstrike one's tentsbreak campmove onOppositeencamp
Word Originlate 17th century: from French décamper, from dé- (expressing removal) + camp ‘camp’.
