as in deserters
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 renegades
People didn’t come to the series with a working knowledge of the State Department, ready to see what the renegades were like.
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Debora Cahn, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
The men who once styled themselves renegades increasingly resembled every other hyper-online young guy—gaming, memeing, trading.
—Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
But in order to remain a meaningful platform for creative renegades, the festival needs to also take risks.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
But a few renegades creatively defected across the pond, looking instead at America for inspiration.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
VCs raining money on said brilliant renegades, despite signals that the market wasn’t quite mature enough and money was being lit on fire?
—Cortney Harding, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Fleeing persecution in this little schoolhouse, we were suddenly transformed into renegades, dissidents.
—Chandler Fritz, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Otago is often referred to as one of New Zealand's youngest wine regions, given that, as recently as the mid-1990s, there were only a handful of vineyards run by renegades experimenting to find out which grapes thrived in the climate.
—David Amsden, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Aug. 2024
Debora Cahn, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
The men who once styled themselves renegades increasingly resembled every other hyper-online young guy—gaming, memeing, trading.
—Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
But in order to remain a meaningful platform for creative renegades, the festival needs to also take risks.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
But a few renegades creatively defected across the pond, looking instead at America for inspiration.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
VCs raining money on said brilliant renegades, despite signals that the market wasn’t quite mature enough and money was being lit on fire?
—Cortney Harding, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Fleeing persecution in this little schoolhouse, we were suddenly transformed into renegades, dissidents.
—Chandler Fritz, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Otago is often referred to as one of New Zealand's youngest wine regions, given that, as recently as the mid-1990s, there were only a handful of vineyards run by renegades experimenting to find out which grapes thrived in the climate.
—David Amsden, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Aug. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for renegades
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And within his own country’s history, particularly, Dhont discovered the fates that met would-be deserters who were caught — brutal sentences often leading to death.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
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Harry Truman granted amnesty to certain World War II deserters, while Jimmy Carter granted pardons to hundreds of thousands of individuals who dodged the draft during the Vietnam War.—
Stewart Ulrich,
The Conversation,
15 Dec. 2025
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Both groups were accused of being spies, traitors and collaborators, according to the report.—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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When news of Israel’s secret outposts in Iraq’s desert emerged, Iraqis admonished their leaders as traitors, and the boisterous militiamen affiliated with the government as impostors for allowing their land to be colonized by an enemy.—
Nabil Salih,
Time,
26 May 2026
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Cuba’s nationalization wave began soon after Fidel Castro’s rebels took control of the island in 1959.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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Gangs, rebels, and soldiers started massacring elephants, sometimes from military helicopters.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
3 June 2026
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After Daft Punk’s rise from underground dance music heroes to chart-topping pop insurgents, Bangalter followed different muses in different directions.—
Andy Battaglia,
ARTnews.com,
8 June 2026
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That legacy includes crushing both hyperinflation and the Maoist insurgents of the Shining Path, who bathed Peru in blood in the 1980s and 1990s.—
Simeon Tegel,
NPR,
6 June 2026
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“Renegades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renegades. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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