defector
English Thesaurus
1. a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | offender, wrongdoer, |
| definition | : | a person who transgresses moral or civil law (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | deviationist, |
| definition | : | an ideological defector from the party line (especially from orthodox communism) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | renegade, |
| definition | : | someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | walk-in, |
| definition | : | an operative who initiates his own defection (usually to a hostile country) for political asylum (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | defect, desert, |
| definition | : | desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | defect, desert, |
| definition | : | desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army (verb.social) |
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