carpet-crossing
n.— «Presidential Advisor Sergei Yastrzhembsky views the commanders’ carpet-crossing to the side of the federal troops as a significant success for Akhmed Kadyrov.» —by Alan Kachamazov Izvestia (Russia) June 27, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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