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1. (n.) treason
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
2. treason
a violation of allegiance to one's sovereign or state.
3. treason
the betrayal of a trust or confidence; treachery.
Etymology: (1175–1225; ME tre(i)so(u)n < AF; OF traïson < L trāditiōnem, acc. of trāditiō a handing over. See tradition)
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| Definition of 'treason' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) treason, high treason, lese majesty
a crime that undermines the offender's government
2. (noun) treason, subversiveness, traitorousness
disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior
3. (noun) treachery, betrayal, treason, perfidy
an act of deliberate betrayal
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1. (noun) treason
the crime of acting against your own country
arrested on a charge of treason
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) treason
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
2. (noun) treason
loosely, the betrayal of any trust or confidence; treachery; perfidy
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| Definition of 'treason' |
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. treason
Violation of the allegiance owed to one
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Sense: (alsohigh treason) disloyalty to, or betrayal of, one's own country
They were convicted of (high) treason.
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 Afrikaans: verraad |
 Arabic: خِيانَه |
 Bulgarian: предателство |
 Brazilian: traição |
 Czech: velezrada |
 German: der Verrat |
 Danish: højforræderi; landsforræd |
 Greek: προδοσία |
 Spanish: traición |
 Estonian: riigireetmine |
 Farsi: خیانت |
 Finnish: maanpetos |
 French: trahison |
 Hebrew: בְּגִידָה |
 Hindi: देश द्रोह |
 Croatian: izdaja |
 Hungarian: hazaárulás |
 Indonesian: pengkhianatan |
 Icelandic: föðurlandssvik, landráð |
 Italian: tradimento |
 Japanese: 反逆 |
 Korean: 반역, 대역 |
 Lithuanian: (tėvynės) išdavimas |
 Latvian: (valsts) nodevība |
 Malay: pengkhianatan |
 Dutch: hoogverraad |
 Norwegian: landssvik/-forræderi |
 Polish: zdrada |
 Persian: خیانت |
 Pashto: خیانت |
 Portuguese: traição |
 Romanian: trădare |
 Russian: (государственная) измена |
 Slovak: vlastizrada |
 Slovenian: izdaja |
 Serbian: izdaja |
 Swedish: landsförräderi, högförräd |
 Thai: การกบฏ |
 Turkish: vatana ihanet |
 Taiwanese: 叛國 |
 Ukrainian: зрада |
 Urdu: غداري |
 Vietnamese: tội phản quốc |
 Chinese: 叛国 |
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