Defector and Mole

Defector

Defector noun - A person who abandons a cause or organization usually without right.

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Mole and defector are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mole" instead a noun "Defector".

Mole noun - A person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country.

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Defector and mole are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defector" instead a noun "Mole".

Nearby Word: molar

fake	fake defector	fake mole
real	real defector	real mole
monstrous	monstrous defector	monstrous mole
potential	potential defector	potential mole
Other adjectives: supposed, possible, former, imperial, soviet, placed.

However, the defector may actually turn out to be The Mole or a Renegade Russian.

Source: Defector from Commie Land
Hired to Hunt Yourself: In "Jewel in the Crown", Ames is tasked with debriefing KGB defector Vitaly Yurchenko, and finding out from Yurchenko who the mole is.

Source: Series / The Assets
Double Reverse Quadruple Agent: Andrei Chernin is a Soviet defector working for the CIA, who has a numbers station set up in his house which indicates they might be a mole.

Source: Literature / Sekret

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