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treason

violation or betrayal of the allegiance that a person owes his sovereign or his country, esp by attempting to overthrow the government; high treason
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Treason

See also Treachery.
Arnold, Benedict
(1741–1801) American Revolutionary general who plotted surrender of West Point to British. [Am. Hist.: Benét, 52]
Burgundy, Duke of
fights for English, then joins French. [Br. Lit.: I Henry VI]
Carne, Caryl
traitor to country. [Br. Lit.: Springhaven]
Christian, Colonel William
executed for treason. [Br. Lit.: Peveril of the Peak, Walsh Modern, 96]
Edmund
“a most toad-spotted traitor.” [Br. Lit.: King Lear]
Nolan, Philip
deserts the U.S. Army to join Burr’s conspiracy. [Am. Lit.: Hale The Man Without a Country in Magill I, 553]
Quisling, Vidkun
(1887–1945) Norwegian fascist leader; persuaded Hitler to attack Norway. [Nor. Hist.: Flexner, 444]
Vichy
seat of collaborationist government after German occupation (1941). [Fr. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1128]
Wallenstein, Count
powerful German general in Thirty Years’ War who corresponded with the Swedish enemy. [Ger. Drama: Schiller Wallenstein in Magill II, 1119]
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Protest arguments and actions, even outside of formal, established laws and practices, were not to be viewed as near treasonable but as loyal contributions to the growth of a proactive, public-spirited citizenry that participates more fully, especially in bringing public opinion to bear on acts of government.
I suppose that since public school boys in the Foreign Office and M16 stopped spying for the Russians, there is not much to be treasonable about, but I suspect that some of the same characters are back at their old tricks, except this time they are not spying for Russia, but casting doubt on whether Roy and Our Boys will win the World Cup.
You are right to be rendered apoplectic, General Reichsminister Gove; this filthy stuff is treacherous, treasonable ...
I regard Gordon Brown's decision to sell Westinghouse as equivalent to a treasonable act, leaving us at the mercy of foreign countries.
Successive governments have permitted treasonable rants.
To make it worse, it is almost a treasonable offence in Africa to discuss the heath of a president even when the state of his/her health demands such discussion.
'Political Issues' begins with Wicker's account of treasonable language trials alongside developing political identities and enfranchisement.
He has also accused the MQM Chief of lobbying with the UK leadership to finish off the ISI again a treasonable act if proven to be correct.
1 Dawn; 2 Treasonable; 4 Crown green; 5 Thermometer; 6 Hungry; 7 Terracotta; 11 Emboss; 13 Tray.
The sentence in its original form said that the British government "has incited treasonable insurrections in our fellow-subjects, with the allurement of forfeiture & confiscation of our property." Technically, the Colonists were still "subjects" of the British crown while the Declaration was being drafted, and certainly were while the actions referenced in the passage were being carried out.
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