TREASON
\tɹˈiːzən], \tɹˈiːzən], \t_ɹ_ˈiː_z_ə_n]\
Definitions of TREASON
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Noah Webster.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The crime of betraying or attacking the state or the government of the state to which the offender belongs; treachery; falseness to trust or pledge; in time of war, any act or utterance which gives aid and comfort to the enemy.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. [French, Provencal, Latin] The offence of attempting to overthrow or betray the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance; disloyalty; treachery; –over act of devising or compassing the death of the sovereign, or members of the royal family, or levying war against the realm, or aiding and abetting the enemies of the realm; –writing or publication of writings hostile to the safety and authority of the sovereign and the peace of the realm.
