deserter

Example Sentences

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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

“We know that the Taliban has suffered significant attrition rates as well,” he said, adding the insurgents have faced a problem of deserters just as the government forces have.

From Washington Times

But the deserters often find themselves in a netherworld, estranged from their families, community and the only way of life they knew and, lacking a secular education, ill-equipped to deal with the outside world.

From New York Times

As it stands, there are more than 1,000 deserters wanted by the U.S.

From Fox News

Gregory Wedel-Morales vanished in August 2019 days before he was scheduled to leave the Army, leaving officials to declare him absent without leave, then a deserter.

From Washington Post