defector
/dɪˈfɛktə
/noun
A person who has abandoned their country or cause in favour of an opposing one: staff interviewed escapees and defectors to the West...
- Equally, some of the stories will have been fabricated to please the intelligence agents handling the defectors.
- Apart from Jenkins, three other defectors are believed to be alive.
- Successful collusion often takes a third party to regulate the agreement and punish defectors.
Synonyms
deserter, turncoat, traitor, rebel, renegade, tergiversator, apostate, recreant, Judas, quisling
informal rat
Rhymes
- imperatorial
- imperatrice
- imperatrix
- imperceptibility
- imperceptible
- imperceptibly
- imperceptive
- impercipience
- impercipient
- imperfect
- imperfect competition
- imperfection
- imperfective
- imperfectly
- imperfect rhyme
- imperforate
- imperial
- imperial beard
- imperial blue
- imperial city
- imperial cloth
- imperial defence
- imperial defense
- imperial dome
- imperial drink