Explore Treason through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like dishonesty or perfidy. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Treason meaning
- The crime of betraying one’s own country.
- An act of treachery, betrayal of trust or confidence.
Synonyms of Treason
Using Treason
- The main meaning on this page is: The crime of betraying one’s own country. | An act of treachery, betrayal of trust or confidence.
- Useful related words include: high treason, dishonesty, perfidy, betrayal.
- In the example corpus, treason often appears in combinations such as: of treason, treason and, for treason.
Context around Treason
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Treason
- In this selection, "treason" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, committed, crying, commit, act, papers and trials stand out and add context to how "treason" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also crying treason and arrest for treason while jubaland. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "treason" sits close to words such as auxiliary, clayton and commentator, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with treason
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He is serving a life sentence for treason. (8 words)
After leaving baseball, Schilling committed treason by voting Republican. (9 words)
He added that anyone who commits treason should be shot, and that Hillary Clinton committed treason. (16 words)
Congress itself can act, by invoking its power of impeachment, which it can do in any case to convict a president or other official of “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanours”, and then voting to remove them from office. (41 words)
A wide range of laws were invoked in the process of the suppression, from general treason to charges of book burning or demolishing houses, a process complicated by the relatively narrow definition of treason at the time. (37 words)
In Federalist No. 43 James Madison wrote regarding the Treason Clause: As treason may be committed against the United States, the authority of the United States ought to be enabled to punish it. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Tensions escalated on Wednesday when a Mogadishu court ordered Madobe’s arrest for treason, while Jubaland issued a warrant for Mohamud, accusing him of treason and aiding Al Shabab.
According to reports, it is not clear whether Koita and Sinnah are also charged with treason or conspiracy to commit treason.
He added that anyone who commits treason should be shot, and that Hillary Clinton committed treason.
Once again, the entrance is besieged by flag-waving Brexiteers crying treason and flag-waving Remainers also crying treason.
A wide range of laws were invoked in the process of the suppression, from general treason to charges of book burning or demolishing houses, a process complicated by the relatively narrow definition of treason at the time.
He destroyed Tiberius's treason papers, declared that treason trials were a thing of the past, and recalled those who had been sent into exile.
In Federalist No. 43 James Madison wrote regarding the Treason Clause: As treason may be committed against the United States, the authority of the United States ought to be enabled to punish it.
In January 1769 Parliament responded to the unrest by reactivating the Treason Act 1543 which permitted subjects outside the realm to face trials for treason in England.
International influence The Treason Act 1695 enacted, among other things, a rule that treason could be proved only in a trial by the evidence of two witnesses to the same offence.
List of people convicted by country main Related offences There are a number of other crimes against the state short of treason: * Apostasy in Islam is considered treason in Islamic belief.
Section III of the Act required the Scottish courts to try cases of treason and misprision of treason according to English rules of procedure and evidence.
The descendants of someone convicted for treason could not, as they were under English law, be considered "tainted" by the treason of their ancestor.
After leaving baseball, Schilling committed treason by voting Republican.
But the Treason Lobby is obviously still terrified about the possibility, which is why the Biden Regime has (flagrantly impeachablythe southern border.
But ultimately, the only other move that could stop Biden’s Border Treason is impeaching him, or at least impeaching his Homeland Security Secretary, They refuse to carry out their sworn duties.
Congress itself can act, by invoking its power of impeachment, which it can do in any case to convict a president or other official of “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanours”, and then voting to remove them from office.
He is serving a life sentence for treason.
He was arrested for treason, and there were reports that he ordered his agents to refuse the wildfire survivors any access to necessities.
If found guilty, the 49-year-old man faces life imprisonment for his charge of high treason under martial law.
In the British thriller "Treason," Charlie Cox stars as an MI6 deputy chief whose life gets much more complicated when a Russian spy from his past resurfaces.
Common combinations with treason
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of treason 48×
- treason and 32×
- for treason 26×
- the treason 15×
- high treason 13×
- with treason 11×
- treason is 9×
- and treason 8×
- treason to 7×
- treason in 7×