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
Manaia	-	Maori
Naheed	-	Persian
ÁRpÁD	AHR-pahd	Hungarian
Benigna	-	Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Late Roman
Custodio	-	Spanish
Jarod	JER-əd, JAR-əd	English