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Grammar : Verb
Spell : noun dee-fekt, dih-fekt; verb dih-fekt
Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈdi fɛkt, dɪˈfɛkt; verb dɪˈfɛkt

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Définition of defected

Origin :
  • 1570s, from Latin defectus, past participle of deficere "to fail, desert" (see defect (n.)). Related: Defected; defecting.
  • verb break from belief, faith
Example sentences :
  • Father, who defected from Hector, captured the Senator and vice versa.
  • Extract from : « And Then the Town Took Off » by Richard Wilson
  • Reason or the fact that he had defected or what he might have known about his defection.
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (1 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • She informed me before anyone knew he defected that he was in Europe.
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • When Oswald defected, she sent me a newspaper clipping about it.
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • Did you know that he had defected or attempted to defect in 1959?
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • He kept to himself, and when he went abroad, he defected to Russia.
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • It was not a dishonorable discharge, but a discharge less than honorable after he defected.
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • That was our first intimation that this man had defected, when we read it in a newspaper article.
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • Some have defected to China, to the satellite nations and to Russia.
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (5 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • That's right, because after he defected here, she visited here.
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

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