'Decamp' definitions:
Definition of 'decamp'
(from WordNet)
verb
Leave a camp; "The hikers decamped before dawn" [syn: decamp, break camp]
verb
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]
verb
Definition of 'Decamp'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; -- generally used disparagingly. [1913 Webster]
- The fathers were ordered to decamp, and the house was once again converted into a tavern. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'decamp'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abscond,
- absquatulate,
- avoid,
- beat a retreat,
- begone,
- bolt,
- break,
- break camp,
- clear out,
- cut and run,
- depart,
- desert,
- dog it,
- elope,
- elude,
- escape,
- evade,
- exit,
- flee,
- fly,
- fugitate,
- go,
- go AWOL,
- hightail,
- jump,
- jump bail,
- kite,
- lam,
- leave,
- levant,
- make off,
- powder,
- pull up stakes,
- quit,
- retire,
- run,
- run away,
- run away from,
- run away with,
- run for it,
- run off,
- scape,
- scram,
- show the heels,
- shun,
- skedaddle,
- skip,
- skip out,
- slip the cable,
- split,
- strike camp,
- take a powder,
- take flight,
- take French leave,
- take off,
- take to flight,
- take wing,
- turn tail,
- vamoose,
- withdraw