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high trea·son
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Princeton's WordNet
treason, high treason, lese majestynoun
a crime that undermines the offender's government
Wiktionary
high treasonnoun
Criminal disloyalty to one's country.
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high treason
High treason is the most serious offense against a sovereign or state. It typically refers to crimes committed against a nation's government or sovereign, such as conspiring to overthrow the government, assassinating a leader, aiding or spying for an enemy, or other actions that seriously threaten the security, stability, or functioning of the state. These offenses usually carry severe penalties, including the death penalty in some countries, due to their potential to cause significant harm to the nation.
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High treason
Treason is criminal disloyalty. Historically, in common law countries, high treason is treason against the state. It was differentiated from petty treason, which was treason against a lawful superior. As common law jurisdictions around the world abolished petty treason, the concept of petty treason gradually faded, and today use of the word "treason" generally refers to high treason. High treason is criminal disloyalty to one's government. Participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplomats, or its secret services for a hostile and foreign power, or attempting to kill its head of state are perhaps the best known examples of high treason. High treason requires that the alleged traitor have obligations of loyalty in the state he or she betrayed, such as citizenship, although presence in the state at the time is sufficient. Foreign spies, assassins, and saboteurs, though not suffering the dishonor associated with conviction for high treason, may still be tried and punished judicially for acts of espionage, assassination, or sabotage, though in contemporary times, foreign spies are usually repatriated in exchange for spies of the mentioned nation held by another nation. High treason is considered a very serious - often the most serious possible - crime, by the civil authorities.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
high treason
Treason against the state, being the highest civil offense. See Treason.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of high treason in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of high treason in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of high treason in a Sentence
The fleeing Hadi committed high treason when he summoned Saudi and foreign intervention... He must be tried, must be transferred to the International Criminal Court for the crimes he committed, and this is what we are seeking.
The fleeing Hadi committed high treason when he summoned Saudi and foreign intervention...He must be tried, must be transferred to the International Criminal Court for the crimes he committed, and this is what we are seeking.
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- خيانة عظمىArabic
- alta traïcióCatalan, Valencian
- velezrada, vlastizradaCzech
- HochverratGerman
- ŝtatperfido, altperfidoEsperanto
- alta traiciónSpanish
- maanpetosFinnish
- haute trahisonFrench
- ardtréasIrish
- hazaárulás, felségárulásHungarian
- landráðIcelandic
- 大逆罪Japanese
- perduellioLatin
- велепредавствоMacedonian
- hoogverraadDutch
- alta traiçãoPortuguese
- înaltă trădareRomanian
- государственная измена, измена РодинеRussian
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