Sedition is an English word with synonyms like misdemeanor or misdemeanour. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Sedition meaning
- Organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.
- Insurrection or rebellion.
Synonyms of Sedition
Using Sedition
- The main meaning on this page is: Organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing. | Insurrection or rebellion.
- Useful related words include: misdemeanor, misdemeanour, infraction, offence.
- In the example corpus, sedition often appears in combinations such as: the sedition, of sedition, sedition and.
Context around Sedition
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sedition
- In this selection, "sedition" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, speech, separate, included, law, acts and charge stand out and add context to how "sedition" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a 1944 sedition trial which and a separate sedition charge under. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sedition" sits close to words such as activating, antwerp and asymmetric, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sedition
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Sedition cases have been rare in recent history. (8 words)
A conviction for sedition would mean jail time, three years to life. (12 words)
Lai is accused of colluding with foreign entities, conspiracy, and attempted sedition. (12 words)
In “Prequel,” Maddow will describe anti-government actions involving a Nazi agent, more than 20 members of Congress and the anti-Semitic America First Committee that led to a 1944 sedition trial, which ended in a mistrial. (37 words)
Thomas Jefferson, Resolutions Relative to the Alien and Sedition Acts, 1798 Jefferson warned that, "unless arrested at the threshold", the Alien and Sedition Acts would "necessarily drive these states into revolution and blood". (33 words)
I met Khalid in May 2016 while reporting on the events that had led to his arrest and those of other student organizers accused of sedition at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Thomas Jefferson, Resolutions Relative to the Alien and Sedition Acts, 1798 Jefferson warned that, "unless arrested at the threshold", the Alien and Sedition Acts would "necessarily drive these states into revolution and blood".
A conviction for sedition would mean jail time, three years to life.
Constitutional rights only go so far, however, and unlike the freedom of speech, sedition is not covered in the Bill of Rights.
He also faces a charge of collusion with foreign forces to endanger national security, and a separate sedition charge under a colonial-era law that is increasingly used to crush dissent.
He said police had included sedition clauses in FIR to prevent him from getting bail.
However, on July 20, 2018, the Coalition Government used its majority to pass the Cybercrime Bill with an amendment expunging the controversial sedition clause.
I met Khalid in May 2016 while reporting on the events that had led to his arrest and those of other student organizers accused of sedition at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi.
In “Prequel,” Maddow will describe anti-government actions involving a Nazi agent, more than 20 members of Congress and the anti-Semitic America First Committee that led to a 1944 sedition trial, which ended in a mistrial.
In sedition case, neither the officer is named nor institution identified," Khan had claimed.
Khan, who is also chairman of the opposition party, said he has over 100 court cases pending against him, including blasphemy, sedition and terrorism.
Kwok is currently overseeing the sedition trial against Stand News and its former editors-in-chief.
Lai is accused of colluding with foreign entities, conspiracy, and attempted sedition.
Sedition cases have been rare in recent history.
Sedition Law: The bench posted the hearing on the matter in the second week of August.
The fine print, however, shows that the offence of sedition, currently rendered inoperable by a Supreme Court order, has had a name change from ‘rajdroh’ to ‘deshdroh’.
The Iranian president also appreciated the Syrian armed forces for protecting the Syrian nation against sedition.
The Law Commission of India has recommended retaining the sedition law with some amendments.
The petition argued that the sedition law has been recklessly used to curb the right to free speech and expression guaranteed under Article 19 of the Constitution.
The trial on charges of colluding with foreign forces and sedition could see Mr Lai - who holds British nationality - spend the rest of his life in prison.
Three co-defendants were acquitted of the sedition charge but were convicted of obstructing Congress’ certification of Biden’s 2020 election victory.
Common combinations with sedition
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: