DECAMP

(verb) leave suddenly
"She persuaded him to decamp", "skip town"
synonyms : skip , vamoose
(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"
synonyms : abscond , absquatulate , bolt , go off , make off , run off
anderson absconded from india after bhopal gas tragedy -added by nimesh.doshi
The maid absconded with all the jewels in the house. -added by priyavanjeri

-tagged by learner_md

He was declared 'absconding' owing to continuous absence from office.
(verb) leave a camp
"The hikers decamped before dawn"
synonyms : break camp

Mnemonics for decamp

(Tag: ) DECAMP=DE+CAMP..'de' is a negative prefix...so when yu are not there in the camp it means yu have ESCAPEd,maybe cos yu have stolen something
added by imajeeth Edit Mnemonic

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