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
Eadburga	-	Anglo-Saxon (Latinized)
Mavuto	mah-VOO-to	Southern African, Chewa
Nazario	nah-TSAH-ryo (Italian), nah-THAH-ryo (Spanish), nah-SAH-ryo (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish
Joye	[dʒɔi]
ŠTefica	-	Croatian
Rayan	-	Arabic