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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 de·camp /dɪˈkæmp, di-/
 (vi.)撤營,逃走,逃亡

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 De·camp v. i. [imp. & p. p. Decamped p. pr. & vb. n. Decamping.]
 1. To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly.
 2. Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; -- generally used disparagingly.
    The fathers were ordered to decamp, and the house was once again converted into a tavern.   --Goldsmith.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 decamp
      v 1: leave a camp; "The hikers decamped before dawn" [syn: break
           camp]
      2: run away; usually includes taking something or somebody
         along [syn: abscond, bolt, absquatulate, run off,
         go off]
      3: leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"
         [syn: skip, vamoose]