DEFECTED Definition & Meaning

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defected

[dih-fek-tid]

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adjective

having deserted a country, cause, etc., especially in order to adopt another.
In the movie White Nights, a defected Soviet dancer is returned to his motherland when the plane he’s on is forced to land in Russia.
defective.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of defect.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of defected¹

First recorded in 1585–95; defect + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; defect + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

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Their key figures are councillors who have defected from the Scottish Conservatives.

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And it's worth noting that on the other side of the ledger, one independent councillor has defected to the Conservatives since the start of May.

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She had been a Labour supporter but defected to the Conservatives in 2010.

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Thomas Kerr, a Reform councillor in Glasgow who defected from the Tories in January, told the BBC the party wants to capitalise on that momentum - with leader Farage at the forefront.

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Dame Andrea, who defected to Reform UK last year, moved to Lincolnshire when she was seven and went on to study at Grimsby College and the University of Lincoln.

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