| Subject | English | Russian |
| law | arising from such defects | являющаяся следствием таких дефектов (Относится к ответсвенности по договорам Konstantin 1966) |
| media. | defect correct | устранять дефект |
| polit. | defect from a party | выйти из партии (goo.gl Artjaazz) |
| polit. | defect from a party | выходить из партии (ssn) |
| gen. | defect from the army | дезертировать из армии |
| intell. | defect to | сбежать (Islet) |
| Игорь Миг | 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)) |
| media. | defect to opposition | перейти на сторону оппозиции (bigmaxus) |
| busin. | defect to rival business | уходить к конкурентам |
| obs. | defect to the enemy | передаться (Супру) |
| gen. | defect to the enemy | перейти на сторону противника |
| gen. | defect to the enemy | перебежать к противнику |
| 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) |
| gen. | defect to the opposition | перейти на сторону оппозиции (bookworm) |
| gen. | defect to the side of | перейти на сторону (A group of soldiers was reported to have defected to the side of the protesters.  theguardian.com • 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. 4uzhoj) |
| tech. | defected axis | изогнутая ось (балки) |
| tech. | defected substrate | дефектная подложка |
| mech.eng., obs. | defecting bar | ремненадеватель |
| mech.eng., obs. | defecting bar | крюк для надевания ремня |
| mech.eng., obs. | defecting bar | крюк для перевода ремня |
| market. | defecting customer | непостоянный покупатель (pfedorov) |
| busin. | defecting customers | потерянные покупатели |
| SAP. | defecting goods | дефектные товары |
| tech. | defecting system | отклоняющая система |
| gen. | 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) |
| tech. | make good defects | устранить дефекты (buraks) |
| qual.cont. | non-manufacturing defects | непроизводственные дефекты (Ying) |
| cardiol. | resting perfusion defects | дефекты перфузии покоя (olga don) |
| med. | rough defects | грубая патология (Knop) |
| pediatr. | skull ossification defects | дефекты окостенения костей черепа (Гера) |
| gen. | you are defecting? | ты перебежчик? (Taras) |