The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DEFECTOR
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More clues leading to the result DEFECTOR
- One going over shortcoming, bore at heart
- One that’s crossed over is not one suffering for deceit
- One’ll break faith with failing soldiers
- One who changes sides, finding fault with common soldiers
- Three notes on commonly-spoken bully, person changing sides
- Person who goes over fault with unprotected work
- Det. Force working to expose traitor
- Soldiers in pursuit, failing to get renegade
- Traitor making arrangement to cede fort
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The straight part
We know that "One going over" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case one going over = defector.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DEFECTOR mean?
DEFECTOR noun- One who defects.