noun
runaway, fugitive, refugee, escapee, truant, defector, derelict, delinquent, apostate, lawbreaker, betrayer, traitor, renegade, turncoat, backslider, recreant, slacker, shirker, rat; see also traitor.
See deserter in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
A person who has defected:
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