defect
Example Sentences
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Five Labour councillors in Brent in north London defected to the Green Party a couple of weeks ago.
From BBC
Raised in Uganda by a British mother and father who were both physicians, he was a Conservative member of Parliament until he defected to the United Kingdom Independence Party.
“I would actually argue that awareness of this has encouraged people to defect and basically become more convinced that stocks can go to unlimited levels,” Green, the chief strategist at Simplify Asset Management, said.
The firm is also the target of lawsuits from customers and shareholders related to its self-driving systems, which allege violations from fraud to design defects.
From BBC
Strips of text spelling “freestyle,” “defects” and “willpower”—each in a unique color and font—span one corner.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
