| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | defect to the enemy | перебежать к противнику |
| gen. | defect to the enemy | перейти на сторону противника |
| obs. | defect to the enemy | передаться (Супру) |
| gen. | defect to the enemy | стать перебежчиком |
| gen. | 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) |