absent without leave
adjective
: absent without authority from one's place of duty in the armed forces
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Separately, the commander of another brigade, the 155th, was arrested and charged with actions that led to large numbers of members of his brigade going absent without leave at the time when Ukraine’s military is badly lacking people.
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Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Her opponent was on the ropes and there for the taking but there is a tendency for the week-to-week consistency to go absent without leave on the biggest of stages.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
But around 1,700 of those 5,800 troops went absent without leave from the brigade at some point during its nine-month work-up in western Ukraine, Poland and France.
—David Axe, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
The official added that the administration believes that Ukraine can also optimize its current force by more aggressively dealing with soldiers who desert or go absent without leave.
—Aamer Madhani, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
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Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Her opponent was on the ropes and there for the taking but there is a tendency for the week-to-week consistency to go absent without leave on the biggest of stages.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
But around 1,700 of those 5,800 troops went absent without leave from the brigade at some point during its nine-month work-up in western Ukraine, Poland and France.
—David Axe, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
The official added that the administration believes that Ukraine can also optimize its current force by more aggressively dealing with soldiers who desert or go absent without leave.
—Aamer Madhani, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Absent without leave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/absent%20without%20leave. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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