Jim claimed to be an ISIS defector.
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Defector
Synonyms for "defector" (44 found)
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6 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 29 languages.
Belarusian
4 entries- дэзерці́р noun (one who defects)
- дэзэрты́р noun (one who defects)
- перабе́жчык noun (one who defects)
- перабе́жчыца noun (one who defects)
Bulgarian
1 entries- дезертьо́р noun (one who defects)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 背叛者 noun (one who defects)
- 脫北者 /脱北者 noun (one who defects)
- 變節者 /变节者 noun (one who defects)
- 逃兵 noun (one who defects)
Czech
1 entries- přeběhlík noun (one who defects)
Danish
1 entries- afhopper noun (one who defects)
Dutch
2 entries- deserteur noun (one who defects)
- overloper noun (one who defects)
Finnish
2 entries- loikkari noun (one who defects)
- petturi noun (one who defects)
French
1 entries- transfuge noun (one who defects)
Georgian
3 entries- განდგომილი noun (one who defects)
- რენეგატი noun (one who defects)
- საზღვარგარეთ გამქცევი noun (one who defects)
German
2 entries- Überläufer noun (one who defects)
- Überläuferin noun (one who defects)
Greek
1 entries- αυτόμολος noun (one who defects)
Hungarian
1 entries- disszidens noun (one who defects)
Indonesian
1 entries- pembelot noun (one who defects)
Japanese
2 entries- 脱北者 noun (one who defects)
- 離反者 noun (one who defects)
Korean
4 entries- 변절자 noun (one who defects)
- 탈북자 noun (one who defects)
- 탈영자 noun (one who defects)
- 탈주자 noun (one who defects)
Latin
2 entries- dēfector noun (one who defects)
- transfuga noun (one who defects)
Macedonian
1 entries- дезерте́р noun (one who defects)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- avhopper noun (one who defects)
Polish
2 entries- dezerter noun (one who defects)
- dezerterka noun (one who defects)
Portuguese
2 entries- desertor noun (one who defects)
- trânsfuga noun (one who defects)
Russian
4 entries- дезерти́р noun (one who defects)
- отсту́пник noun (one who defects)
- отсту́пница noun (one who defects)
- перебе́жчик noun (one who defects)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- prèbeg noun (one who defects)
- prèbeglica noun (one who defects)
- prèbjeg noun (one who defects)
- prèbjeglica noun (one who defects)
Slovak
2 entries- prebehlík noun (one who defects)
- prebehlíčka noun (one who defects)
Slovene
2 entries- prebežnica noun (one who defects)
- prebežnik noun (one who defects)
Spanish
2 entries- desertor noun (one who defects)
- tránsfuga noun (one who defects)
Swedish
1 entries- avhoppare noun (one who defects)
Turkish
1 entries- sığınmacı noun (one who defects)
Ukrainian
3 entries- дезерти́р noun (one who defects)
- перебі́жчик noun (one who defects)
- перебі́жчиця noun (one who defects)
Welsh
1 entries- enciliwr noun (one who defects)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Aart is an ISIS defector.
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He's a defector.
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