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The act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest)
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decampment
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Word definitions for decampment in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Decampment \De*camp"ment\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]campement.] Departure from a camp; a marching off.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest) [syn: abscondment ] breaking camp
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of decamping 2 A prompt departure
Usage examples of decampment.
The oil slick stretched, blackly glistening, signaling some stock-footage message of a hasty decampment by the light of the carriage lamp that had been switched on against her late return by Phoebe who kept an eye out for Betsy.
I passed him the second copy of the notes I'd typed and included a quick account of my conversation with Adrianne, plus the gossip I'd picked up from Betty Puckett regarding Wilbur Sanders's decampment and his subsequent bigamy.
After all, when it came to tales of extremity in strange lands disorientation, shelterlessness, blinded decampment he couldn't help but feel he was playing in a higher league.
I passed him the second copy of the notes I’d typed and included a quick account of my conversation with Adrianne, plus the gossip I’d picked up from Betty Puckett regarding Wilbur Sanders’s decampment and his subsequent bigamy.
Even Damon had to admit that Diana's decampment had left it looking a frightful mess.
The cause of his inturning was the decampment of the Wahlig of el Aswad.