defecting in English

verb

1

abandon one's country or cause in favor of an opposing one.

he defected to the Soviet Union after the war

synonyms: desert, change sides, turn traitor, rebel, renege, abscond, quit, jump ship, escape, break faith, secede from, revolt against, go AWOL, cross the floor, forsake

verb

• desert, change sides, turn traitor, rebel, renege, abscond, quit, jump ship, escape, break faith, secede from, revolt against, go AWOL, cross the floor, forsake
• desert

Use "defecting" in a sentence

1. It is capable of defecting, but it does so only in retaliation.

2. It denotes a deliberate and conscious resisting, withdrawing, and defecting, with a note of contempt thrown in.

3. We got Awacs, infrareds, statements from a defecting FRAN commandant and enough military intel to prove 10,000 percent that this ain't no civil war, but Commie aggression

4. In an attempt to project RLAF needs into the future, Ambassador William H. Sullivan predicted that perhaps seven defecting Lao pilots could be recovered from Thailand, and that six more Lao pilot cadets were about to graduate from training.

5. In Aquarium, a book published by Viktor Suvorov after defecting to the west, he alleges that the Spetsnaz used condemned criminals from the Gulag system (even other condemned secret operatives) as "dolls" and "gladiators" for to-the-death combat training.

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