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re-defect
verb[ I or T ]
uk /ˌriː.dɪˈfekt/ us /ˌriː.dɪˈfekt/
to leave a country, political party, etc. for a second, third, etc. time, especially in order to join an opposing one: 再次叛逃;再次叛变
He re-defected to his homeland in 2019.他于2019年再次叛逃，回到祖国。
She defected from the party in 2008 to join the Democrats, but is viewed with distrust as someone who could re-defect.
He will always be considered a traitor and therefore under surveillance in case he tries to re-defect, so he cannot leave his country.
Conservative voters who had voted for the Labour Party more than a decade ago now re-defected back to the Tories.
He had defected to the Soviet Union as a young man and then re-defected to the United States.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Running away and escaping
abscond
abscond from somewhere
abscond with someone/something
back away
back off
bail out
elopement
elude
escape from someone/something
escape route
escapology
leg
loose
runaway
scarce
scarper
scram
shake something off
throw
underground
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