has defected
- present perfect of defect (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Senedd politician Laura Anne Jones has defected from the Conservatives to Reform, party leader Nigel Farage has announced.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2025
We know that Nate has defected from AFC Richmond and he has joined West Ham, the rival team, and Rupert is his boss.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2023
Fried said CNN will not get a free pass on “TOTN” now that Licht has defected.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2022
Asked whether he has defected, since The Handmaid’s Tale’s success, from the stage to the screen, he is unexpectedly old-school.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 12, 2019
North Korea's deputy ambassador in London has defected with his family to South Korea, making him the highest-ranking Pyongyang diplomat ever to flee the isolated regime for the democratic South, South Korea said on Wednesday.
From Reuters ● Aug. 17, 2016
