as in to abscond
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Recent Examples of decamp
The 78-year-old actor decamped from Hollywood to South Florida almost five years ago, snapping up a $35 million mansion with a private dock on the Intracoastal Waterway.
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2024
Her father and mother decamped from the dampness of San Francisco for Los Angeles largely in search of drier air for their asthmatic only daughter.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2024
Darkside decamped to a studio in the south of France, and recorded the remainder of the album in studios in Los Angeles and Paris.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 8 Jan. 2025
The trio decamped to Mulaney’s dressing room, which was a cozy jumble of books, shopping bags, and framed pictures of his two young children.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2024
Her father and mother decamped from the dampness of San Francisco for Los Angeles largely in search of drier air for their asthmatic only daughter.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2024
Darkside decamped to a studio in the south of France, and recorded the remainder of the album in studios in Los Angeles and Paris.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 8 Jan. 2025
The trio decamped to Mulaney’s dressing room, which was a cozy jumble of books, shopping bags, and framed pictures of his two young children.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decamp
Verb
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Yes, Albrecht Escher absconded with Lasher and left Sip holding the bag, with nothing but a passive-aggressive voice note on a bottle of brown liquor by way of good-bye.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
26 Jan. 2025
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The perpetrator encourages the victim to transfer large amounts of money towards investments like cryptocurrency; once the scam is done, the scam artist absconds with the money.—
Chloe Berger,
Fortune Asia,
20 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Then her best friend joined the Navy, and Thorn saw a way to escape.—
Dexter Filkins,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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Dozens of New Snowbird Options to Florida Allegiant Air, Breeze Airways, and Southwest are adding dozens of new routes to the Sunshine State just in time for northerners to escape the next six weeks of winter.—
Edward Russell,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Silk Road founder gets out of prison Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the website Silk Road, appears in an undated photograph made from his computer and presented as an exhibit during his 2015 criminal trial in New York federal court.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2025
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Still said the family had about five minutes to get out the door.—
Ryan Kellman,
NPR,
25 Jan. 2025
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But their plans to quietly elope are upended when Min's skeptical grandmother flies in from Korea unannounced, insisting on an all-out wedding extravaganza.—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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But their plans to quietly elope are upended when Min’s grandmother (Yun) flies in from Korea and insists on an all-out wedding extravaganza.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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Zoom in: Privacy and security are big: The house has a private gate and parking so no one has to use the main door, security offices for guests' staff and a bedroom with a secret exit should important visitors need to scram.—
Mimi Montgomery,
Axios,
11 Oct. 2024
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As of now, one man sits on a small dock off each island, telling onlookers to scram.—
Danielle Paquette,
Washington Post,
12 Dec. 2019
Verb
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Taylor Tomlinson will host After Midnight, the show that is replacing The Late Late Show now that James Corden has scarpered off to old Blighty.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
1 Nov. 2023
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Idrissa Gueye has scarpered, but that void was instantly filled by Mainz midfielder Jean-Philippe Gbamin - while Moise Kean, goodness knows how, has signed from Juventus to sharpen things up front.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
5 Aug. 2019
Verb
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Peter Rodriguez, 45, made off with $1,616 in cash from the Santander Bank branch on Prospect Park West near Windsor Place, in Windsor Terrace, around 9:55 a.m., said police.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2025
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Several times, the ring made off with multiple cars at once.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
22 Jan. 2025
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No studio would finance the feature, about a whorehouse exhibitionist who lams it after being framed for murder — so director Melvin Van Peebles financed it himself with a boost from Bill Cosby, who gave him a $50,000 loan.—
Andrew Lawrence,
Peoplemag,
17 Feb. 2024
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One of those classic films that’s as good as its reputation (and maybe even better), Billy Wilder’s high-spirited comedy stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon as jazz musicians who have to lam it after witnessing a mob crime.—
Keith Phipps,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2023
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“Decamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decamp. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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