decamp

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الإنجليزية - التركية
الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
To break up camp and move on
To disappear suddenly and secretly

Though unusual in the Dublin area he knew that it was not by any means unknown for desperadoes who had next to nothing to live on to be abroad waylaying and generally terrorising peaceable pedestrians by placing a pistol at their head in some secluded spot outside the city proper, famished loiterers of the Thames embankment category they might be hanging about there or simply marauders ready to decamp with whatever boodle they could in one fell swoop at a moment's notice, your money or your life, leaving you there to point a moral, gagged and garrotted.

to leave suddenly or unexpectedly
{v} to shift a camp, to move or run off
{f} break up camp; leave quickly and abruptly; abscond
leave a camp; "The hikers decamped before dawn
run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town" leave a camp; "The hikers decamped before dawn
leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"
leave a camp; "The hikers decamped before dawn"
Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; generally used disparagingly
To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly
If you decamp, you go away from somewhere secretly or suddenly. We all decamped to the pub. to leave a place quickly decamp to/from (décamper, from camper )
decampment
A prompt departure
decampment
The act of decamping
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{n} the act of decamping or shifting
decamped
past of decamp
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present participle of decamp
decampment
breaking camp
decampment
Departure from a camp; a marching off
decampment
{i} act of breaking up camp; act of leaving suddenly; absconding
decamps
third-person singular of decamp
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