defect to

defect to something

to forsake one group and take up with another. Will he defect to the other side? David defected to a small East European country.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lincoln	['liŋkən]
Calanthe	kə-LAN-thee	English (Rare)
Ayesha	-	Arabic, Urdu
Gera	-	Biblical
Yidel	-	Yiddish
Hrothulf	-	Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)