DEFECTED Definition & Meaning

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defected

[ dih-fek-tid ]

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adjective

having deserted a country, cause, etc., especially in order to adopt another:
In the movie White Nights, a defected Soviet dancer is returned to his motherland when the plane he’s on is forced to land in Russia.
defective ( def 1 ).

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of defect.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of defected¹

First recorded in 1585–95; defect + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; defect + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

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Greene, who defected to the Liberal Democrats on Friday, claimed he was not alone in feeling the Conservatives' shift to tackle the threat posed by Reform had alienated certain members.

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The party is still neck-and-neck with Labour in the polls, and on Monday, it showed off 29 councillors who had recently defected to Reform UK.

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A government commission determined that President Kennedy was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald, a Marine veteran and self-described Marxist who had defected to the Soviet Union and later returned to the US.

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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has welcomed 29 councillors who have defected to his party in recent weeks from parties including the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.

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Five former Scottish Conservative councillors have already defected to Reform - one in Glasgow, two in Aberdeenshire and two in North Ayrshire.

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