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What does defected mean?

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  1. simple past tense and past participle of defect
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The standing army was in the process of disintegration as lower ranking officers defected to the opposition.
Alibekov defected to the United States in 1992, changed his name, and made the talk-show circuit.
Between 600 and 800 soldiers have defected to create a new rebel group in the eastern part of the country.
Ming generals, who had been dispatched to the northern frontier to check growing Manchu incursions, defected to the invaders.
I believe our great councillor before him would never have defected and become a turncoat.
Following the uprising, the son defected to London, where he headed a philanthropic group.

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