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| English | Russian |
| defect from the army | дезертировать из армии |
| defect to | переходить на чью-либо сторону (Перешедший на сторону Великобритании офицер КГБ Олег Гордиевский получил в четверг в Букингемском дворце престижный британский орден. (2007)) |
| defect to the enemy | перейти на сторону противника |
| defect to the enemy | перебежать к противнику |
| defect to the enemy's side | перейти на сторону врага (Sarah follows him across the Soviet border to find out that he tries to defect to the enemy's side. • What is the highest-ranking American to ever defect to an enemy's side during wartime? 4uzhoj) |
| defect to the opposition | перейти на сторону оппозиции (bookworm) |
| defect to the side of | перейти на сторону (A group of soldiers was reported to have defected to the side of the protesters. • Shoigu ... was shown meeting with Ukrainian officers who defected to the side of pro-Russian local authorities. • Ruslan Yamadayev fought against the Russian army during Chechnya's separatist war in the 1990s, but defected to the Kremlin side during the second war, which began in 1999.  theguardian.com 4uzhoj) |
| latent defects | скрытые дефекты (a defect or problem with a product, property, etc. that is hard to notice and may not be noticed before it is bought: "When buying real estate, a cracked foundation is a serious latent defect that should be avoided. CBED. Latent Defects in Products: A latent defect is a flaw, weakness or imperfection in a product or good that the buyer cannot discover by reasonable inspection. The buyer's rights for a latent defect will depend upon the circumstances. | A Latent Defect is a problem that cannot be discovered by reasonable inspection, for example: problems with foundations which may not become apparent for several years after completion. When a latent defect becomes apparent, it becomes patent rather than latent. c-r-l.com Alexander Demidov) |
| you are defecting? | ты перебежчик? (Taras) |