deserter

Example Sentences

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“I am now considered a deserter,” he said, adding he has heard rumors of deportees being “disappeared” — falling into the hands of Russian authorities, lost to their families.

From Los Angeles Times

Conscientious objection is not allowed in Eritrea, he said, “and deserters and draft evaders continued to be subjected to arbitrary detention in highly punitive conditions, enforced disappearance and torture.”

From Seattle Times

He would automatically be declared a deserter after 30 days being AWOL, according to military regulations.

From Reuters

A handful of past U.S. military deserters who defected between the 1960s and the 1980s, were used as actors in North Korean propaganda, and lived — by North Korean standards — privileged lives in Pyongyang.

From Washington Times

King’s future may be gleaned from the experiences of multiple U.S. deserters who defected to the isolated hardline state between the 1960s and 1980s.

From Washington Times