defector

Example Sentences

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Nearly 34,000 North Koreans have settled in South Korea but the number of defectors has fallen sharply because of tighter border security.

From Reuters

Mr. Scalise did not anticipate any GOP defectors, citing as evidence the behind-the-scenes work they conducted with coastal Republicans to assuage concerns about offshore energy production — wind and oil alike — impacting their districts.

From Washington Times

The report, based on interviews with defectors, former abductees and relatives of victims, details accounts of disappearances, including arbitrary detentions in North Korea and abduction of nationals from South Korea, Japan and other countries.

From Reuters

It would only take four defectors to vote no or abstain and sink the legislation, in spite of Netanyahu’s pledge to ram it through.

From Washington Post

The Shockley defectors in 1957 created Fairchild Semiconductor, which became one of the first companies to manufacture the integrated circuit, a refinement of the transistor.

From Seattle Times