Definition of "desertions" [desertions]

• Plural form of desertion. (noun)

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• "There have been 150,000 desertions from the Mexican military in the past 6 years and many of the soldiers take their weapons with them (illegally.)"
• "The sectarian violence that alarmists keep wanting to call a "civil war" is anything but; there have been no large-scale desertions from the standing army to the "other side", as in a real civil war, and there is no one credibly claiming to be the legitimate government of Iraq, except the one in place which was democratically elected."
• "It seems that there had been of late several desertions from the French vessels lying at Monte Video, great inducements of very high wages being offered by the revolutionary party in Buenos Ayres for men to serve them."