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defectors-in-place

defectors-in-place is the plural of defector-in-place.

Meaning of defector-in-place

Noun

defector-in-place (plural defectors-in-place)

  1. A person who defects to a foreign power but remains in their home country so as to gather information etc.

Questions about defectors-in-place

What is defectors-in-place the plural of?
Defectors-in-place is the plural of defector-in-place.

Words near defectors-in-place in the dictionary

  1. defectologists
  2. defectology
  3. defector
  4. defector-in-place
  5. defectors
  6. defectors-in-place
  7. defectoscope
  8. defectoscopes
  9. defectoscopic
  10. defectoscopy
  11. defects

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