verb
- abandoning one’s country or cause in favor of an opposing one
Usage: present participle of defect
Examples
- The spy was caught defecting to the enemy country.
- Several soldiers were defecting from the army during the civil war.
- She is defecting from her political party over policy disagreements.
- The athlete considered defecting to compete for another nation.
- Citizens were defecting across the border to escape persecution.
- He was accused of defecting to a rival company with trade secrets.