desertion
Example Sentences
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When Fiji de-criminalized the desertion of indenture contracts in 1916, it is little wonder that hundreds of workers left the colony's sugar plantations.
From Salon
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has warned soldiers could face prosecution for desertion if they travel to Ukraine to fight the Russian army.
From BBC
Mr. Putin’s offer of amnesty to Ukrainian soldiers who leave the battlefield is most likely intended to encourage desertion.
From New York Times
When she was 5, her father — a former soldier — briefly returned to Myanmar and was killed by the military for desertion, she says.
From New York Times
The desertion of these antibody-archers from their posts, has been made worse by the emergence of the Delta variant.
From BBC
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