deserter
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"Another country could investigate me better and give me asylum. Why didn't they give me that chance? Instead they deported me specifically to Russia," says the deserter.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Revere outfits the deserter with homespun clothes and collects the buttons from his uniform to melt down for silverwork.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
It has so far not called him a deserter, even though he crossed the border without authorization while on active duty, and it has deferred questions about any punishments King might face.
From Reuters ● Sep. 28, 2023
Once a faithful servant of his homeland as a non-commissioned army officer, Benhalima became a supporter of Algeria’s pro-democracy movement, then a deserter who fled to Europe.
From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2022
“You know the penalty for shielding a deserter from the United States Army?”
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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