defection
Example Sentences
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Despite punishing attacks on internal security organizations, including bases and command centers of the Revolutionary Guard and the plainclothes Basij militias, there has been no indication of serious defections or division.
Carney, who leads a minority government, has been closing in on a majority in recent months - largely helped by recent defections by three former Conservative members of parliament.
From BBC
Carney has been able to get so close to a majority, in part, due to recent defections by three former Conservative members of parliament.
From BBC
Yet, Iranian security forces have not shown signs of fracturing, or large-scale defections.
Mass defections from the regime, should they happen, could change the equation.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
