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defector

noun as in traitor

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Trump has suggested he would use the U.S. military against average Americans, called his political opponents “enemies from within,” and this week evoked violence against Liz Cheney — a prominent Republican defector to Harris’ campaign — by saying she should be put in front of “nine barrels shooting at her.”

Ms Sturgess died three months after the attempted murders of Russian defector Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury using Novichok.

From BBC

South Korean police have detained a North Korean defector for attempting to cross the heavily-guarded border back to the North on a stolen bus.

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In January 2022, a defector in his 30s returned to North Korea after a year in the South.

From BBC

Ms Gabbard's comments came days after Trump received the endorsement of another Democratic defector, Robert F Kennedy Jr, who last week suspended his independent campaign for the White House.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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