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Grammar : Verb

Spell : noun dee-fekt, dih-fekt; verb dih-fekt

Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈdi fɛkt, dɪˈfɛkt; verb dɪˈfɛkt

Definition 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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