decamp
1. 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, run off, go off, make off
• Derivationally related forms:
decampment, bolt (for: bolt), abscondment (for: abscond), absconder (for: abscond)
• Hypernyms:
flee, fly, take flight
• Hyponyms:
levant
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
2. leave a camp
- The hikers decamped before dawn
• Syn:
break camp
• Derivationally related forms:
decampment
• Hypernyms:
depart, take leave, quit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
3. leave suddenly
- She persuaded him to decamp
- skip town
• Syn:
skip, vamoose
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism (for: skip)
• Hypernyms:
leave, go forth, go away
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something (for: skip)
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