deserter

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Corn said he could be declared a deserter sooner, given the likelihood King knew his decision had ended his military career.

From Reuters • Aug. 4, 2023

As a deserter from the Ukrainian army, he would face 10 years in jail if he was caught.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2023

Spain expelled another deserter, Mohamed Abdellah, a dissident gendarme, to Algeria last August.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2022

This way, he figures, he can prove to anyone he meets that he isn’t a deserter because he is still literally attached to his vessel.

From New York Times • May 24, 2022

American spy John Champe swims to a welcoming British patrol boat after out-running pursuing Americans, who think he is a deserter.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen