re-defect
verb[IorT]
uk/ˌriː.dɪˈfekt/us/ˌriː.dɪˈfekt/toleaveacountry,politicalparty, etc. for a second, third, etc.time,especiallyinordertojoinanopposingone:
He re-defectedtohishomelandin 2019.
Shedefectedfrom thepartyin 2008 tojointhe Democrats, but isviewedwithdistrustas someone who could re-defect.
- He will always beconsideredatraitorandthereforeundersurveillanceincasehetriesto re-defect, so he cannotleavehiscountry.
- Conservativevoterswho hadvotedfor theLabourPartymore than adecadeago now re-defected back to theTories.
- He haddefectedto theSovietUnionas ayoungman and then re-defected to theUnitedStates.
Running away and escaping
- abscond
- back away
- back off
- bail out
- be at largeidiom
- be on the runidiom
- escape
- extrication
- flee
- fugitive
- gaolbreak
- getaway
- leg
- scram
- shakesomethingoff
- shoot
- shoot through
- skedaddle
- slip
- throw