defector, n.Definitions

Defector (n.) gets ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠royal treatment only when his testimony can be bent into a weapon; a defector whose message is all wrong is quietly left unheard.