defect
defect.01 - to abandon a position or association
DEFECT-V NOTES: Frames file for 'defect' based on survey of sentences in the WSJ corpus. (from defect.01-v predicate notes)Aliases:
defect (v.)
defection (n.)
defecting (n.)
defection (n.)
defecting (n.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: double agent, defector
ARG1-DIR: entity defected from
ARG2-GOL: entity defected to
ARG1-DIR: entity defected from
ARG2-GOL: entity defected to
defect-v: with Arg2
The latter comes from the perception , on the part of many people in network TV , that their only hope of keeping
viewersARG0
from defectingrel
to cableARG2
is to fill the airwaves with an increasingly raw sensationalism .defect-v: intransitive
In last week 's House voteARGM-LOC
, 41 RepublicansARG0
defectedrel
.defecting-n
It had never really been too big of an issue ,
hisARG0
defectingrel
from the companyARG1
.