0 past simple and past participle of encamp --
1 to make an encampment or put someone in an encampment --
Can the people encamped be moved on?
The country is faced by a menace just as great as that, because we have an army of more than 2,000,000 people encamped within our shores.
These people then encamped illegally, without sanitation, and in full view of a council house estate, many of whose residents had waited months and years to gain a council tenancy.
We are like opposing armies encamped opposite each other in the night.
There were two sides: local residents and groups of gipsies encamped in the area.
For the past two weeks the refugees have been encamped in a sports centre.
Several large dogs are roaming in the field where the gipsies are now encamped.
When he looked out of his window he found a family encamped in his garden, cooking breakfast.