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Q. What about rumors that he was defecting?

From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2015

In August this year he announced that he was defecting from the Conservatives to join UKIP.

From Forbes • Oct. 10, 2014

This week, in a jarring turn for the rebels, a man claiming to be a former insurgent commander appeared at an opposition conference in Damascus and said he was defecting back to the government.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2012

Her dudgeon hitting high C, Soprano Renata Tebaldi scoffed at the suggestion that she was defecting from the Metropolitan Opera this season because of other commitments made during the Met's recent lengthy labor negotiations.

From Time Magazine Archive

Michal Pivonka, 20, a center on the national ice-hockey team, appeared in the U.S. to announce that he was defecting to join the Washington Capitals.

From Time Magazine Archive