decamp
verb (used without object)
to depart from a camp; to pack up equipment and leave a camping ground.
have decamped
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present perfectof decamp.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Some bankers would prefer to have decamped back to that district, with its narrow, pub-lined streets and easily accessible metro stations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
Other recently departed members who have decamped for K Street gigs have leftover money that they can use to make donations.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2023
There are fewer weeds, most pests have decamped for the season, diseases are almost nonexistent and plants require little to no watering, because the ground is frozen.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2022
Since the start of the pandemic, families of means have decamped to second homes or taken long-term rentals in vacation spots around the world.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 30, 2020
Forty spears against forty guns—but how many guns would not have decamped?
From How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
