deserter

Example Sentences

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Mr Medvedev claims to have witnessed a host of war crimes - including seeing "deserters being executed" by the Wagner group's internal security service - while fighting in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region.

From BBC

Indeed, the sledgehammer has become the group’s calling card after its members filmed themselves clubbing a Syrian army deserter in 2017, cutting off his hands and head with a shovel, then setting his body alight.

From Los Angeles Times

Plus, it would be great to see them beat the deserters.

From Los Angeles Times

Firing squads have never been a predominant method of carrying out civilian death sentences and are more closely associated with the military, including the execution of Civil War deserters.

From Seattle Times

They have never been a predominant method of carrying out civilian death sentences and are more closely associated with the military, including the execution of Civil War deserters.

From Washington Times