How To Use Treason In A Sentence

This is criminal negligence at best or treason at worst. The Sun
Advertising was forbidden, and the idea that one master guildsman might produce a better product than his colleagues was regarded as treasonable. The Worldly Philosophers
She was arrested and charged with treason, a capital offence, but made no attempt to deny her actions. Times, Sunday Times
This criticism that Romney seems to dish out with impunity is bording on TREASON ..... Romney accuses Obama of not protecting troops
The Constitution has a very narrow definition of treason: Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. May 2005

Even if you knew some delicious, salacious gossip, some tantalising indiscretion, to let it slip would feel like treason.
(Bush and Dr Cheney legacy), not just lock it up in cupboards. another inspiration for my writing is this innovative musician and activist fighting racism, Islamo-phobia and injustice head on through his "Rhythm and beats". although his documentaries and DIY cook book music genre are termed irreverence bordering treason against queen and country and glorifying terrorism among the Pakistani and Muslim youth of Britain, But it is merely exposing the truth about the sentiments of equality, discrimination, integration and assimilation. Pak Tea House
But if it shall be otherwise -- if they stubbornly, sullenly persist in cherishing and manifesting the spirit of treason, making their motto to read, Bound, but not broken, then let the severities of immutable justice be meted out to them: let them die the death. A Discourse on the Death of Abraham Lincoln
Lord Allen may have been wrong in his head, or ill-advised, or foolishly over-zealous, but his ill-tempered upbraiding of the Dublin Corporation for what he called their treasonable extravagance in thus honouring Swift, whom he deemed an enemy of the King, was the act of a fool. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish
But the autumn of 1945 was not a time noted for sensitivity to the legal niceties of high treason.
Lunete mounts the palfrey which is brought without delay, and, as they ride, she tells her how she had been accused and charged with treason, and how the pyre was already kindled upon which she was to be laid, and how he had come to help her in just the moment of her need. Four Arthurian Romances
Book 4, Treason's Shore, which wraps up the series just came out in HC so I'm waiting for the library to get their hands on it first. Friday Book Club
In the 1340s the church's presbytery, off which radiate six chapels, was rebuilt by the widow of Hugh le Despenser the Younger, who was executed for treason in 1326.
She had no idea what she'd done to be charged with a serious crime like treason.
Firstly I would using say that the term treason is highly inappropiate and irresponsible. A Statement That Misrepresents Things
What legal grounds are there for indicting him for treason?
But to come back to Tacitus for a second - he shows the other side, the treasonable side of the clerks of the Roman Empire.
Richter is accused of committing treason against the state.
The non-intellectual wing of the Christian Right Community has committed a sacrilege and blasphemy, (to say nothing of the secular crime of high treason), because they have accepted the fiction of a cynical team of writers, who depict the god they describe as a homicidal, Demonic, maniac, and touted these despicable properties as "holiness," and used that as an excuse to support and urge the slaughter of their chosen Muslim fantasy enemies. THE SHAMELESS END-DAYS FICTIONAL REPLACEMENT FOR REVELATION.
Trumped-up charges of conspiracy to overthrow the queen, and an unjustly conducted prosecution, brought conviction of treason and hanging at Tyburn.
Thomas Weir perched, like that of a man beheaded for treason, upon the apex of the gablet of the old tomb, as I was of hearing the wonderful playing of that husky old organ, of which I have spoken once before. Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood
Within three years he had tired of Anne Boleyn and she was beheaded in 1536, accused of treason and adultery.
One always has to be aware that as one writes as an American, looking in on America, and living here and writing about "the system" it is not considered an act of anti-patriotism or treason or antisocialism or Communism or whatever other bizarre notion they might be able to convince you of. AMERICA IS MANUFACTURING SICK PEOPLE NOW
He said that his lawyer advised him to leave Kenya as it was rumoured that he would soon be charged with sedition and treason.
SO was there sikerness made on both parties that no treason should be wrought on neither party; so then the knights departed and made them ready, and that night Sir Uwaine had great cheer. Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
Vpon these termes and assaults, the treason of the chancellour The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
The 1614 Synod was significant for another reason in that it upheld the view by then traditional in Catholic theology, that treasonable activity against the state was inadmissible for Catholics.
Beck, however, should not be allowed within a klick of unobtainium; the treasonous snake would sell it, give it, to the Iranians. Think Progress » Paranoid Beck would embarrass her, Palin focused on googling NYC landmarks right before their interview.
Unquestionably, if ever the halter was a fit instrument for ridding the earth of monsters, it is in the case of these murderous, fiendish traitors, who inaugurated and guided this colossal and gory treason. An Address in Commemoration of the Re-Establishment of the National Flag at Fort Sumter.
For the latter part of the power of the prerogative, or that whereby they are the supreme judicatory of this nation, and of the provinces of the same, the cognizances of crimes against the majesty of the people, such as high treason, as also of peculation, that is, robbery of the treasury, or defraudation of the commonwealth, appertains to this tribe. The Commonwealth of Oceana
There are a few people who continue to say that what I do is unpatriotic and somehow treasonous.
In the early days of Operation Iraqi Disaster, I engaged in some fact-based blog discussion with what can only be described as a hard-right, neo-fascist group of truly wacky self-described “veterans”, who took my dissention from the party line as a clear case of Treason, and Anti-Americanism. Waldo Jaquith - High-profile bloggers planning code of conduct.
Treason had once been a simple matter, solved quickly on the block, where now fatted ravens strutted as a tourist attraction. THE ENDLESS GAME
They were brought to trial for treasonable conspiracy.
Against her are three counts of high treason, one count grand theft auto, one count resisting custody, one count unordered arson.
Radical leaders were arrested on charges of high treason after they held a national convention.
Unless two independent witnesses testified to an overt act of treason as thus defined, the accused should be declared innocent in the light of this charge. The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877
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
She was tried, and sentenced to hang for treasonous crimes.
I've known hordes of political plotters and ne'er-do-wells in my day and none of them would dream of putting their treason down on paper, far less sending it to a journalist.
Apparently this is akin to high treason. The Sun
Gee, how else would a spokesman for the real party of treason, the Republicans, answer a charge that this criminal administration has once again overstepped the law so badly that even their own Kangaroo Court is voting against them! Think Progress » Lott: Supreme Court Decision Is ‘Ridiculous and Outrageous,’ Has Our Enemies ‘Laughing At Us’
So the first order of business at the Trial of Barack Obama was to "delineate" (I think he just meant "delete") the most explosive charges -- treason and sedition -- from the indictment. News & Politics
You see all the illegals commenting here that you should be not so foolish as to stand on principles of Justice; and so then you should betray America with them and join in their perpetration of crimes against humanity, and support their treason, sedition, and insubordination of civil patriotism in the Constitution of the U.S. Sheesh, Jack, you're so stupid to uphold the law. Spook spotlight (Jack Bog's Blog)
To prohibit any act of treason, secession, sedition and theft of state secrets.
Finally, it had been explained to us that the remembrance of this abnormal treason had been underlying and perniciously influencing the whole course of Haytian national history. West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas
Anatoli Natan Sharansky was twenty-nine years old when he was seized by the Russian secret police, the KGB, taken to Lefortovo prison, stripped naked and searched, and told that he was being charged with treason, a capital offense. BARGAINING WITH THE DEVIL
In 1945, he was sentenced to hang for treason.
A jurisconsult, in his criminal institute, announces that the non-observance of Sundays and holidays is treason against the A Philosophical Dictionary
This is war time, friend, and you may find yourself on the wrong end of a treason charge if you keep it up.
The president, vice president, and all civil officers of the United States are removable from office on impeachment by the House of Representatives and conviction by the Senate for "Treason, Bribery, or other High Crimes and Misdemeanors."
Once labelled a terrorist, he was convicted of treason and jailed for 27 years.
Another 300 Catholic priests, missionaries, and recusants were tried and executed in England for religious beliefs judged as treason between 1535 and 1680.
The defendants were found guilty of committing treasonous acts.
The 1807 trial, presided over by Chief Justice John Marshall in the U.S. Circuit Court in Richmond, Virginia, ended with Burr's acquittal on the grounds that he had not committed overt treasonable acts.
Gone are the days of beheading royalty and treason for enouncing the monarch's name.
Everyone knows that murder and manslaughter, kidnapping and terrorism, treason and high treason existed long before today's penal codes.
All those who were in any manner connected with the contemplated expedition disclaimed the idea of treasonable designs, averring that, if such were the views of Colonel Burr, they had been deceived. Memoirs of Aaron Burr
What are the people of SC thinking electing such treasonist and lying people to the posts of Governor and Senator. (Updated): Wilson's opponent raises more than $500K
High treason was a crime against the state which meant, in practice, against the monarch.
This followed its 1862 Treason Act, which was never held to cover the expression of disloyal sentiments.
The civil law world also has known heresy, treason and sedition, though the first has disappeared with the rights of expression born of the enlightenment.
He had access to top-secret Allied intelligence intercepts of German radio traffic which - in a treasonable breach of security - he passed direct to the Soviet High Command.
The public prosecutor charged treason against the prisoner.
In a single act of cowardice and betrayal, if not treason, the US congress has 'scuttled' the Articles of Impeachment drawn up and carefully researched by Dennis Kucinich. Liberty Betrayed
Among "the Prince's friends" the attacks upon him in the Dublin meetings were regarded as little short of treason; while by himself, it is well known the "witchery" resolutions of 1812 were neither forgotten nor forgiven. A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Complete
In a Parliament of May 18, 1584, such declinature of royal jurisdiction was, by "The Black Acts," made treason: Episcopacy was established; the heirs of Gowrie were disinherited; Angus, Mar, and other rebels were forfeited. A Short History of Scotland
He said that his lawyer advised him to leave Kenya as it was rumoured that he would soon be charged with sedition and treason.
One of the saddest events in the history of the American Revolution is the _treason of Arnold_, and, in consequence of it, _the death of Sanders' Union Fourth Reader
On this basis, they have said, Anthony Blunt was considered to have committed treason by spying for the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
Technically a country can be treasonous because the primary definition of "treason" is "the betrayal of a trust. Is That Legal?: America -- a Treasonist Country
The extended geographical jurisdiction for offences is being used here not just to cover sedition, but also treason.
The public prosecutor charged treason against the prisoner.
The patrician was executed on the ready accusation of treason, and the wife of Alexander driven with ignominy from the palace, and banished into Africa. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
He is wanted in the US for a range of charges including treason, espionage and leaking classified information. Times, Sunday Times
He was accused of a treasonous conspiracy to topple the government.
Rick Perry has been rightly chided for throwing around the word "treasonous" in reference to the Fed. Other Comments
Those arrested are to be held in specially-constructed prison camps until such time as the required laws can be enacted to reintroduce capital punishment for Sedition, Treason and Saying Nasty Things About Gordon. Archive 2009-03-01
Each and every neo-fascist string-puller or puppet committed an Act of Treason when they spoke the name of an active covert C.I.A. spy to any person who had neither proper security clearance nor a legitimate (U.S. national security-related) Need To Know. Who Killed Julius Caesar?
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. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
A bill was passed disfranchising all such persons as had voluntarily stayed in neighbourhoods occupied by the British troops; their offence was called misprision of treason. The Critical Period of American History
Rick Perry has been rightly chided for throwing around the word "treasonous"in reference to the Fed. Forbes.com: News
Shortly after which, hee was appealed by Henry earle of Bullingbroke of treason; and caried to the castle of Windsore, where he was strongly and safely garded, hauing a time of combate granted to determine the cause betweene the two dukes, the 16. day of September, in the 22. of the sayd king, being the yeere of our redemption 1398. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
She was not only Witted; she had committed a treasonous act against the Prince. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
VenomFangX, unable to actually outargue and outreason Thunderf00t, made a series of legal accusations, that Thunderf00t was violating copyright, and convinced Youtube to briefly yank his account. Pharyngula
They form the base of a gigantic pyramid of treason, stretching from the little gray house with green shutters to the towers of the Kremlin. Red Hunting in the Promised Land: Anticommunism and the Making of America
To Henry Legatt Messenger of His Maties Chamber, etc. The lines particularly complained of ran as follows: of all Treasons, mine was most accurst; A Memoir of Mrs. Behn
With Maguire the treasonable act of rebellion itself was less in dispute than the questions how, where and before whom it could be tried.
And I say, call the proctors, arraign this man for treason. VALENTINE PONTIFEX
It is absolutely out of order to suggest that an honourable member of this House is committing treason.
To resist the will of the sovereign was treason, and to avoid exile, or even the block, it was necessary to tread carefully.
McCain said he was a long way off from endorsing any particular candidate, and demurred when asked to critique a handful of recent statements made by Texas Governor Rick Perry, in which he suggested global warming was a hoax and accused Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke of taking what he described as "treasonous" economic actions. Breaking News: CBS News
The church was further bolstered in 1563 when another Act of Uniformity made refusal to take the oath, or the defence of papal authority, a treasonable offence.
Perhaps as a consequence, the year 1352 saw the introduction of the Statute of Treasons defining great treason against the king and petty treason against local lords.
Accusing the daimyo of treason, Lord Hanachi was forced to commit seppuku; after his death, the domain of Totomi was stripped from the lord's family, and his samurai became ronin.
Do you have any cases of prosecution for treason for publishing material merely unflattering the United States 'conduct in waging war? Balkinization
Britain abolished the death penalty for murder in 1965 and phased it out for rarer crimes including piracy and high treason over the next 33 years. Times, Sunday Times
With other conspirators he was tried and sentenced to death on a charge of treason in November 1553.
In Uganda, for example, we have documented long-term incommunicado detention, torture and, in some cases, deaths of alleged treason and terrorism suspects at the hands of the government's Joint Anti-Terrorism Task Force. Maria Burnett: How Not to Address the Uganda Bombings
Government alleged that these persons had been engaged in treasonable conspiracies, and, the President having exercised his legitimate right in suspending the Habeas Corpus Act, he was not prepared to say that the detention of those persons was illegal, or demanded more decided Imperial Parliament
Treason, double agency, counter-espionage, cryptology, code breaking … all are linked to the study of Shakespeare. Cranach Hamlet Update, Marjorie Garber, Oedipus and Detective Stories
According to the king, she has committed treason and needs to be recaptured so justice can be done. The Sun
[Sidenote: Gerard de Camuille charged with felonie and treason.] Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12) Richard the First
Lord Blackwood shall be required to confess his treason and abjure his allegiance to the Starks and Tullys.
Sending our local as well as overseas navies to these obvious traps is treason. A Coast Guard that guards everyone else’s coast « Antiwar.com Blog
‘They're thinking of using the treason laws against seditious clerics,’ I said over breakfast last Monday, catching up with the news.
Six hundred years to the day since he was executed for high treason, descendants of Archbishop Richard Scrope arrived from across the globe for a service at the city's cathedral to commemorate his life.
He proceeded to Ireland, where his ambitious schemes were distrusted and discountenanced by Elizabeth, then escaped to Spain, having been in treasonable correspondence with Philip II.
What the agents could hear was treason, which is legally defined as ‘aiding and abetting the enemy in time of war.’
It was first built as military barracks and was later used as the first venue for the Treason Trial.
Cromwell, who had wanted to spare the King, saw no way out but to try him for treason.
Cranmer was tried for treason and heresy when Mary I, a Roman Catholic, came to the throne. AS SEEN ON TV: ARCHBISHOP THOMAS CRANMER
He was impeached of high treason by the Long Parliament in 1640, committed to the Tower in 1641, tried in 1644, condemned, and beheaded.
Since then, I have made it my business to establish contacts and relationships in Beijing that would be called treasonable, and for which I should be shot. Quiller Bamboo
And as for the crime of holding treasonable correspondence with those lying overseas, they should never have taken it off the statute book.
Her husband - an Earl - became nearly as notorious when he leapt on the Woolsack in the House of Lords and exclaimed ‘Treason!’
These victories against the Lettoes or Lituanians in the time of Alexander their duke, he atchieued rather by aduantage of ciuil dissentions, and treasons among themselues, then by any great policie, or force of his own. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
Wolf is being tried by the same court that sentenced him to six years in prison for treason and bribery.
The security laws ban treason, sedition, subversion and the theft of state secrets.
The secretary considered the question for a second, carefully weighing whether the answer could in any way be deemed treasonable. WALL GAMES
Hilary and most of the Democratic Party should be indicted, tried, convicted and executed for High Treason - any "internationalist" or any Gun control advocate is a TRAITOR!! One More Sign That The End Is Near
He is wanted in the US for a range of charges including treason, espionage and leaking classified information. Times, Sunday Times
To be separated from him for any length of time meant to be in mortal danger, for Hitler was susceptible to whisperings about disloyal acts and even outright treason perpetrated by the absent person.
His refinements were pilloried as "Jesuitism", and his motive was declared to be treason. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip
Military officials initially told the press that he might face charges of espionage and sedition, even treason.
Duress has been recognised as a general defence to all crimes except treason and murder.
August at the convention of treason he took the material where and as he found we see him trying hard to bring the money power of the union into his service, we find him extorting large sums for his political campaigns from the so-called despisable trusts, since then we became accustomed to look upon every man of wealth and the great industrials corporations who have been and are today of incalculable value and benefit to our national welfare, as nothing more or less than contemptible criminals, whom he offended in the most profane language during his crusade against them, if they refused to become a part of his machine. The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt
I then said, that if the motion made by the noble Lord was persisted in, I should most undoubtedly not oppose it, because it was impossible for me to give opposition to any measure which had even the appearance of adding strength to the exclusive rights of Ireland; that I was of opinion myself that the jurisdiction in question was not, by any means whatever, conveyed by the Act referred to; that the statute of Henry VIII. was not intended to affect any part of the King's dominions was clear to a demonstration, from the subsequent statute of the same King in explanation of it -- the preamble of which, referring to the former Act, does expressly speak of treasons committed out of this realm, _and other the King's dominions_; and that the circumstance of the adoption of the former Act by the Irish Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1 (of 2)
USAF, ret is running for Fla Congressional district seat – he spoke and stated that when he gets into congress he will introduce impeachment proceedings against Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice for Treason. Think Progress » 132,000.
Surely this can be read as Jonson's way of protesting his innocence in the whole Powder treason and the charges of seducing youth to popish religion.
His concurring opinion contains what may be called a restatement of the law of treason and merits quotation at length; The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952
They let the journalist live? usually, anyone who brings embarassment on any chinese gov't official seems to get executed for treason or some sort of nonsense.
March 10, 2010, 4: 15 pm yankee says: metro11: ruufles: “treason” in the blogosphere is a far cry from DOJ memos actively pointing to your disbarment. The Volokh Conspiracy » My Contribution to the NYT ‘Room for Debate’ Blog on the AQ7 Argument
That kind of talk would have been called “treasonist” by the previous administration. Think Progress » GOP congressional candidates say Obama and his voters are the biggest threats to national security.
On the Allied side it became a synonym for treasonable or hostile activity, so that to call people collaborators was to express strong disapproval for their actions.
That’s the entire argument I describe: Their lawyering is an act of treason. The Volokh Conspiracy » Andrew McCarthy Sticks to His Guns (And He May Be Pointing Them at You Next)
Whatever the case, using "betray" -- a word associated with treason -- recalls the ugly McCarthy era, when for too many Republicans dissent corresponded with disloyalty. Richard Cohen Brings On the Stupid
But bring any of these trespasses up as some of the threads running through the tapestry of our history and he who so utters them will be assailed as unpatriotic, un-American, traitorous, treasonous, and anything else that might paint that truth-teller calumniously. Barack Obama's speech and context. It's ALL context.
But the change, which has to do with the existence of a group with a similar name, does indicate a move onward and upward, so power to the group formerly known as Treason.
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. Think Progress » Did Jindal Bribe Louisiana’s Attorney General To Force Him To Join Frivolous Health Care Lawsuit? (UPDATED)
They might be silly, or courting danger but are not high treason. THE HITLER-HESS DECEPTION
Howard was convicted of misprision of treason but pardoned in 1544.
William de la Pole rescues Edward III., detained in Flanders by want of money, and is made a knight-banneret; his son Michael is created earl of Suffolk; one of his grandsons is killed at Agincourt; another besieges Orléans, which is delivered by Joan of Arc; he becomes duke of Suffolk, is impeached in 1450 for high treason and beheaded; no honour is lacking to the house. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance
Britain abolished the death penalty for murder in 1965 and phased it out for rarer crimes including piracy and high treason over the next 33 years. Times, Sunday Times
And they grippit me, and cried treason; and I thought of the Ruthvens that were dirked in their ain house, for, it may be, as small a forfeit. The Fortunes of Nigel
He suffered death innocently under false charges of treason and blasphemy.
The unfortunate plant-cutters, who had merely been imprisoned, and such of them dismissed from time to time as would give assurance of penitence, and promise a peaceable demeanor, were now proceeded against with the utmost rigor, for what the king was pleased to call their treasonable conduct. Historical collections of Virginia
McCain is considered a war hero for commiting treason while in uniform which doesn't surprise me since he is a republican. rima Campaigns reject Bloomberg, ABC offer for televised town hall
The long title is ‘An act for the safety and preservation of his Majesty's person and government against treasonable and seditious practices and attempts’.
The new law will put official corruption on the same legal footing as treason.
Others have been arrested by rebel colleagues on charges of treason. Times, Sunday Times
Saddletree, somewhat contemptuously; ` ` there's no a callant that e'er carried a pock wi 'a process in't, but will tell you that perduellion is the warst and maist virulent kind of treason, being an open convocating of the king's lieges against his authority (mair especially in arms, and by touk of drum, to baith whilk accessories my een and lugs bore witness), and muckle worse than lese-majesty, or the concealment of a treasonable purpose --- It winna bear a dispute, neighbour.' ' The Heart of Mid-Lothian
Any defendant may plead the defence of duress to a charge that they have committed a criminal offence other than murder, attempted murder or treason. Times, Sunday Times
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
Yes, that would sort of be illegal - US Constitution, Article III, Section 3, Clause 1: Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. Sound Politics: Cantwell's Campaign Co-Chair Has Some Interesting Friends
Distrust comes from an Administration that lied, wasted lives, dollars and resources, committed TREASON against the American People, stacked the DOJ against the Republic, violated Constitutional Principles and warrantlessly spied on Americans against FISA and TORTURED people in violation to the Constitution AND International Treaties, And distrust comes from a body politic of Congress that tolerates an Administration that engages in and in some cases, in collusion WITH Congress to remain criminal. Think Progress » Former government employee Dana Perino doesn’t trust the government.
to X-ray the charge of treason against sb.
Any defendant may plead the defence of duress to a charge that they have committed a criminal offence other than murder, attempted murder or treason. Times, Sunday Times
And when asked about the chairman of the Federal Reserve, he used the word "treasonous. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
The main counterargument would probably be that such terrorists have not committed treason. Azeem Ibrahim: UK Law Should Recognize That Terrorists Aren't Just Criminals, They're Traitors
By killing the king the regicides made any future compromise impossible; they committed treason and their lives were forfeit.
Although all but one were acquitted of treason charges, others were found guilty of murder and spent years in prison. Smithsonian Mag
The legislation declares that publications will only be considered seditious when there is ‘an intention to incite others’ to commit treason, subversion or secession.
The new law will put official corruption on the same legal footing as treason.
Limtoc the general, Lalcon the chamberlain, and Balmuff the grand justiciary have prepared articles of impeachment against you, for treason and other capital crimes. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5
It originally arose during the Truman administration, when Yalta was made into a code word for treason. Neoconservative History
Pandosto seizes the infant Fawnia, casts her adrift in an open boat, and tries Bellaria for adultery and treason.
Her nine-day reign was followed by the Roman Catholic Queen Mary, who tried him for treason.
Act through Parliament which declared that nothing contained in the dictatory law of Queen Anne gave the privilege of a natural born subject to any child, born or to be born abroad, whose father at the time of his or her birth either stood attainted of high treason, or was in the actual service of a foreign state in enmity to the crown of Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton
A king of England was being openly and publicly tried for high treason. The English Civil War: A People's History
The defendant was convicted of high treason and sentenced to death.
1530s only some 330 people were executed for treason, of whom 287 died as rebels in the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1536.
Recall that the treason clause says that "treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. IsThatLegal?
Human Rights Watch has long expressed concerns over anti-separatist sweeps by the police, which often result in individuals who peacefully express support for independence being arrested and detained on charges of treason or rebellion (makar). NZ On Screen
What Jackson does not mention is that many of Bonnet's contemporaries, French and Soviet, considered him to be a yellow, treasonous, double-talking four-flusher.
Act was passed by which the first refusal of the oath of royal supremacy was praemunire, the second, high treason. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne
The case before Judge Hoff was not one of high treason but one of unlawful extradition.
`They keep putting us off with murmurings of entrepreneurs and quick-buck merchants -- yuppie treason, someone called it. THE LAST RAVEN
Fortunately, Florida land speculation is no longer considered a treasonable offense.
The result of this conferrence was, that the charge of High Treason was abandoned, and we were to be held to bail for Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3
They died maintaining that high treason had been committed against the people of England. The Search for Justice - a history of Britain and the British people Volume III
I've known hordes of political plotters and ne'er-do-wells in my day and none of them would dream of putting their treason down on paper, far less sending it to a journalist.
For instance -- treason is giving aid and comfort to the enemy; everybody south of a certain geographical line is an enemy; you live south of that line, ergo you are an enemy; I send you my love, you being an enemy; this gives you _comfort_; ergo, I have given comfort to the enemy; ergo, I am Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II
Seventy seven men were executed on charges of treason though historians tend to think the figure is higher.
Hardened and embittered by the selfish treasons that had beset his early boyhood, and which had forced him into manhood before his time, he came to England as one called thither by the late king's designation, and, therefore, the lawful heir. Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II
There was no need of any evidence that might incriminate him for treason.
Unless two independent witnesses testified to an overt act of treason as thus defined, the accused should be declared innocent in the light of this charge. The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877
It seems almost treasonous to criticise the final film.
When politicians and their supporters believe the other side is pursuing policies that would destroy all they cherish, compromise becomes not a desirable expedient but "almost treasonous," to use the phrase tossed about by Gov. The Seattle Times
Again, due to the treason of fundamentalist hangmen, our people have been caught in the claws of the monster of a vast war and destruction.
Although all but one were acquitted of treason charges, others were found guilty of murder and spent years in prison. Smithsonian Mag
Prosecutors are demanding life sentences for five suspected militants charged with a crime similar to treason.
I believe I am acting quite kindly to you, ignoring your treasonous remarks against me!
In some other countries that would be called treason or treachery.
Under this mild phrase, _to admonish_, was concealed a cruel exercise of tyranny -- it meant to warn a man that he was suspected of treason, and that he had better relinquish the exercise of his burghership. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series
Treason, double agency, counter-espionage, cryptology, code breaking … all are linked to the study of Shakespeare. 2009 June 12 | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS
Graphics are not what they were - no swirl of copperplate breaking into black lettering for ‘High Treason’ - but the same appetite is being served.
The magistratical power in some cases of treason, &c., banishes or otherwise punishes even penitent persons: ecclesiastical power punishes no penitent persons. The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London
The new law will put official corruption on the same legal footing as treason.
Refusal in payment, forgery or any other misuse thereby became treason or sacrilege and attracted savage penalties.

How To Use Treason In A Sentence

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