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Definition of treason in English: treasonnoun ˈtriːz(ə)nˈtrizən mass noun1The crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill or overthrow the sovereign or government. 重叛逆罪，叛国罪（尤指企图谋杀元首或推翻政府） they were convicted of treason 他们被判叛国罪。 Example sentencesExamples - In times of wars the church stood at the forefront of sedition and treason, unless it saw some advantage for itself.
- In some other countries that would be called treason or treachery.
- The security laws ban treason, sedition, subversion and the theft of state secrets.
- Everyone knows that murder and manslaughter, kidnapping and terrorism, treason and high treason existed long before today's penal codes.
- The erstwhile British colonial rulers used the fort to try the freedom fighters after convicting them of treason.
- Sacrificing you, or simply having you killed for treason, would have only led to more conflict.
- The charges include treason, conspiracy to commit treason and being accessories to treason.
- He said that his lawyer advised him to leave Kenya as it was rumoured that he would soon be charged with sedition and treason.
- Prosecutors are demanding life sentences for five suspected militants charged with a crime similar to treason.
- She had no idea what she'd done to be charged with a serious crime like treason.
- It is the goal of all agents to bravely expose treason and hidden crimes in order to safeguard national security.
- Franco eliminated universal suffrage and viewed any criticism of the regime as treason.
- Following the overthrow of the Raterepublik, he was indicted for high treason but was subsequently acquitted of all charges.
- To resist the will of the sovereign was treason, and to avoid exile, or even the block, it was necessary to tread carefully.
- Once labelled a terrorist, he was convicted of treason and jailed for 27 years.
- Duress has been recognised as a general defence to all crimes except treason and murder.
- Military officials initially told the press that he might face charges of espionage and sedition, even treason.
- Equally ominous is the extension of the definition of treason, regarded as one of the most serious political crimes of all.
- It is absolutely out of order to suggest that an honourable member of this House is committing treason.
- Radical leaders were arrested on charges of high treason after they held a national convention.
- 1.1 The action of betraying someone or something.
背叛，不忠，背信 doubt is the ultimate treason against faith 怀疑是对信念的根本背叛。 Example sentencesExamples - African-Americans, it is cynically assumed, will remain loyal to the Democrats regardless of the treasons committed against them.
- ‘The man that hath no music in himself’ (says the Bard), ‘is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils… Let no such man be trusted.’
- Our ways of saying ‘I’ and ‘me’ and ‘my’ express our ultimate treasons and devotions.
- God defend your Church from the treasons of men.
- 1.2historical The crime of murdering someone to whom the murderer owed allegiance, such as a master or husband.
〈史〉轻叛逆罪（杀害原被效忠者，如仆杀主、妻杀夫等的行为） Example sentencesExamples - A wife who killed her husband did not commit murder - she committed the far worse crime of petty treason.
- One newspaper said he looked like a horrid wretch, ‘fit evidently for petty treason.’
- 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.
- Ms Pritchard, my recollection is that a woman charged with murdering her husband, at one stage of the common law, was charged with petty treason and it was heard by a jury of 24.
UsageFormerly, there were two types of crime to which the term treason was applied: petty treason, the crime of murdering one's master, and high treason, the crime of betraying one's country. The crime of petty treason was abolished in 1828 and in modern use high treason is often simply called treason OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French treisoun, from Latin traditio(n-) 'handing over', from the verb tradere. tradition from Late Middle English: A tradition is something passed on and comes from Latin from tradere ‘deliver’ formed from trans- ‘across’ and dare ‘give’. The abbreviation trad dates from the 1950s, usually in the context of jazz. Traitor (Middle English), someone who hands over things to the enemy, and treason (Middle English) the act of handing over, are from the same root.
Definition of treason in US English: treasonnounˈtrizənˈtrēzən 1The crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government. 重叛逆罪，叛国罪（尤指企图谋杀元首或推翻政府） they were convicted of treason 他们被判叛国罪。 Example sentencesExamples - To resist the will of the sovereign was treason, and to avoid exile, or even the block, it was necessary to tread carefully.
- In some other countries that would be called treason or treachery.
- Duress has been recognised as a general defence to all crimes except treason and murder.
- The erstwhile British colonial rulers used the fort to try the freedom fighters after convicting them of treason.
- Radical leaders were arrested on charges of high treason after they held a national convention.
- Prosecutors are demanding life sentences for five suspected militants charged with a crime similar to treason.
- Following the overthrow of the Raterepublik, he was indicted for high treason but was subsequently acquitted of all charges.
- It is the goal of all agents to bravely expose treason and hidden crimes in order to safeguard national security.
- The charges include treason, conspiracy to commit treason and being accessories to treason.
- Military officials initially told the press that he might face charges of espionage and sedition, even treason.
- He said that his lawyer advised him to leave Kenya as it was rumoured that he would soon be charged with sedition and treason.
- Sacrificing you, or simply having you killed for treason, would have only led to more conflict.
- Everyone knows that murder and manslaughter, kidnapping and terrorism, treason and high treason existed long before today's penal codes.
- It is absolutely out of order to suggest that an honourable member of this House is committing treason.
- Once labelled a terrorist, he was convicted of treason and jailed for 27 years.
- Franco eliminated universal suffrage and viewed any criticism of the regime as treason.
- She had no idea what she'd done to be charged with a serious crime like treason.
- The security laws ban treason, sedition, subversion and the theft of state secrets.
- In times of wars the church stood at the forefront of sedition and treason, unless it saw some advantage for itself.
- Equally ominous is the extension of the definition of treason, regarded as one of the most serious political crimes of all.
- 1.1 The action of betraying someone or something.
背叛，不忠，背信 doubt is the ultimate treason against faith 怀疑是对信念的根本背叛。 Example sentencesExamples - God defend your Church from the treasons of men.
- ‘The man that hath no music in himself’ (says the Bard), ‘is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils… Let no such man be trusted.’
- Our ways of saying ‘I’ and ‘me’ and ‘my’ express our ultimate treasons and devotions.
- African-Americans, it is cynically assumed, will remain loyal to the Democrats regardless of the treasons committed against them.
- 1.2historical The crime of murdering someone to whom the murderer owed allegiance, such as a master or husband.
〈史〉轻叛逆罪（杀害原被效忠者，如仆杀主、妻杀夫等的行为） Example sentencesExamples - 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.
- A wife who killed her husband did not commit murder - she committed the far worse crime of petty treason.
- One newspaper said he looked like a horrid wretch, ‘fit evidently for petty treason.’
- Ms Pritchard, my recollection is that a woman charged with murdering her husband, at one stage of the common law, was charged with petty treason and it was heard by a jury of 24.
UsageFormerly, there were two types of crime to which the term treason was applied: petty treason (the crime of murdering one's master) and high treason (the crime of betraying one's country). As a classification of offense, the crime of petty treason was abolished in 1828. In modern use, the term high treason is now often simply called treason OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French treisoun, from Latin traditio(n-) ‘handing over’, from the verb tradere. |