decamp

verb (used without object)

1. to depart from a camp; to pack up equipment and leave a camping ground: We decamped before the rain began.
2. to depart quickly, secretly, or unceremoniously: The band of thieves decamped in the night.

verb (intr)

1. to leave a camp; break camp
2. to depart secretly or suddenly; abscond

v.

1670s, from French décamper (17c.), earlier descamper, from des- (see dis-) + camper (see camp (n.)). Non-military use is from 1751. Related: Decamped; decamping.