defection
Example Sentences
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Less than three months after the audit letter, in early April, the museum’s director suddenly resigned, and trustee defections began.
From Los Angeles Times
The resistance rages that he failed to hold the line against defections.
Customer defections prompted several pay-TV companies to find a compromise to restore the darkened TV channels and stanch the subscriber bleeding.
From Los Angeles Times
A short, sharp campaign that dismantles the regime’s coercive tools could trigger elite defection.
From Salon
If the prime purpose of this military build-up is to threaten Maduro, it is unclear whether it is enough to prompt defections.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
