as in deserter
a person who abandons a cause or organization usually without right
a band of renegades who had deserted their infantry units and were making their way to Mexico
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Recent Examples of renegade
Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 20 May 2025
The film was inspired by the ideas of renegade independent filmmaker John Cassavetes, so Rozek initially saw Cassavetes’ wife and muse Gena Rowlands in the lead role.
—C.j. Prince, IndieWire, 8 May 2025
Chip Bell, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Sure enough, the red-haired renegade formerly known as Sin Rostro played another troublemaker on the ABC procedural.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 10 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Their partnership started as a unique, renegade effort to avoid turning these $70,000 EVs into bricks.
—Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 20 May 2025
The film was inspired by the ideas of renegade independent filmmaker John Cassavetes, so Rozek initially saw Cassavetes’ wife and muse Gena Rowlands in the lead role.
—C.j. Prince, IndieWire, 8 May 2025
Adjective
His band of renegades is deeply committed to their mission and the members enjoy working together to overcome obstacles.
—Chip Bell, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Sure enough, the red-haired renegade formerly known as Sin Rostro played another troublemaker on the ABC procedural.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for renegade
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Lincoln made frequent stops in the county and tried cases there as an attorney, according to the city, and Marshall was the site of an extended dispute during the Civil War involving Union Army deserters.—
John Tuohy,
IndyStar,
3 July 2025
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But the group also used it as a tool of execution against deserters, inadvertently showcasing the brittleness of a regime that had to use fear to motivate even its mercenary soldiers to stay in the fight.—
Nicolas Niarchos,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
Noun
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Modern American presidents have called their domestic political opponents, or enemies, many things over the years, but never a traitor.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
28 July 2025
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In the game, traitors are secretly chosen at the outset while the remaining contestants must work together to unmask them before being eliminated themselves.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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These updates provide greater clarity and planning assurance for families, especially those saving for children who may take nontraditional education or career routes.—
Ashley Lutz,
Fortune,
28 July 2025
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That kind of information can be demystified and made more accessible through her working merging science and the arts to create films that communicate this in a nontraditional way.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 July 2025
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The attackers were members of the Islamist Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a sanctioned rebel group with roots in Uganda.—
Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
31 July 2025
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth divulged classified information in March from battlefield commanders about the U.S. attack on Houthi rebels in a chat on the commercial messaging app Signal, according to a U.S. official.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA Today,
24 July 2025
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Prosecutors allege that Carvajal played a key role in coordinating large-scale cocaine shipments to the United States, using his official position to protect narcotics operations and facilitate deals with foreign insurgent groups, most notably Colombia’s FARC.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
25 June 2025
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Inside is the man who arrived at Balenciaga as a 34-year old insurgent from Vetements in 2015, and is now moving on, aged 44, as one of the undisputed creative director titans of luxury fashion, charged to revive the flagging fortunes of Gucci.—
Sarah Mower,
Vogue,
24 June 2025
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“Renegade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renegade. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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