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Someone who leaves a group, cause, or country to join another, often opposing, side.

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defector

The fictional council learned that a defector had joined its rival faction.
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A defector in the story game left the River League and carried its route map to the rival Hill Alliance, which accepted him as a member.
From Changing Allegiances.
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