Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The betrayal of allegiance toward one's own country, especially by committing hostile acts against it or aiding its enemies in committing such acts.
- noun The betrayal of someone's trust or confidence.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A betraying; treachery; breach of faith.
- noun Specifically—2. Violation by a subject of his allegiance to his sovereign or liege lord, or to the chief authority of the state.
- noun Synonyms See
perfidious .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance, or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power; disloyalty; treachery.
- noun Loosely, the betrayal of any trust or confidence; treachery; perfidy.
- noun See under
Petit .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The crime of betraying one’s own country.
- noun Providing aid and comfort to the enemy.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a crime that undermines the offender's government
- noun disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior
- noun an act of deliberate betrayal
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Firstly I would using say that the term treason is highly inappropiate and irresponsible.
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And to call it treason is to rob the word of all meaning.
Durbin goes down David 2005
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And to call it treason is to rob the word of all meaning.
Archive 2005-06-01 David 2005
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Perry's very loose and dangerous use of the term "treason" is something that brought him criticism from many corners - just not Republican primary voters.
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We find by experience, that it punishes them very freely for what it calls treason and rebellion, which, it seems, according to this system, reduces itself to common injustice.
A Treatise of Human Nature David Hume 1743
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We find by experience, that it punishes them very freely for what it calls treason and rebellion, which, it seems, according to this system, reduces itself to common injustice.
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That deserves its own form of recognition in law, and 'treason' is the offense which best captures it.
Azeem Ibrahim: UK Law Should Recognize That Terrorists Aren't Just Criminals, They're Traitors Azeem Ibrahim 2010
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That deserves its own form of recognition in law, and 'treason' is the offense which best captures it.
Azeem Ibrahim: UK Law Should Recognize That Terrorists Aren't Just Criminals, They're Traitors Azeem Ibrahim 2010
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Technically a country can be treasonous because the primary definition of "treason" is "the betrayal of a trust."
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It all depends what your definition of "treason" is ...
07/11/2005 2005
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