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  • noun Plural form of defector.

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Examples

  • Then, to make a transition, the article could say, However, according to defectors from the country, political humor in North Korea exists in the form of clandestine jokes spread in private conversation.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Reuters on North Korean Comedy 2010

  • As a consolation for failing to snare Death, the conjurer steals the three most prized possessions of Dream -- his pouch of sand, his helmut, and his ruby amulet -- only to have them stolen by defectors from the Order.

    Getting Graphic: "The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes" by Neil Gaiman 2010

  • The unemployment rate among defectors is more than four times higher than for ordinary South Koreans.

    School Offers Life Lessons To North Korean Defectors 2010

  • I don't blame you for trying to gather in as many defectors from the Lib Dems as you can get, but you need to do that in a sophisticated way which doesn't shut the door on a coalition with the Lib Dems in the future.

    Ed Miliband: You thought fighting your brother was tough. That was the easy bit Andrew Rawnsley 2010

  • As a consolation for failing to snare Death, the conjurer steals the three most prized possessions of Dream -- his pouch of sand, his helmut, and his ruby amulet -- only to have them stolen by defectors from the Order.

    Archive 2010-05-01 2010

  • The unemployment rate among defectors is more than four times higher than for ordinary South Koreans.

    School Offers Life Lessons To North Korean Defectors 2010

  • If they dont have 100 percent compliance then the dems will have to look for defectors from the rep side and i dont see that happeneing. so dems are postponing the vote until they can all get on the same page. alvino

    Reid: No health care vote before August recess 2009

  • The unemployment rate among defectors is more than four times higher than for ordinary South Koreans.

    School Offers Life Lessons To North Korean Defectors 2010

  • We already have several defectors from the industry, and no doubt others who can come forward.

    House Democrat: Health care bill in doubt without public plan 2009

  • His aim is to unseat Putin through a sort of eclectic command center known as Committee 2008: Free Choice — a group made up of thirty-two members of various ideological persuasions, and affiliated with a broader outgrowth, the United Civic Front, which consists of about 2,000 liberals, Communists, members of extreme nationalist parties, and even defectors from the pro-Putin behemoth United Russia, scattered across twenty-one regions.

    Challenge Match 2005

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