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Search option Results found in English Dictionary Wiki: Treason is the crime that covers some of the more serious acts of betrayal of one's sovereign or nation. Historically, treason also covered the murder of specific social superiors, such as the murder of a husband by his wife (treason against the king was known as high treason and treason against a lesser superior was petit treason). A person who commits treason is known in law as a traitor.
Example: He was banished to an island for high treason . Translation is always a treason , and as a Ming author observes, can at its best be only the reverse side of a brocade,—all the threads are there, but not the subtlety of colour or design. If this be treason , make the most of it. Aiding and abetting the enemy is considered treason . It is an act of treason to sell military secrets to your countrys enemies. In some countries, the punishment for treason can be life in prison. Some even accused him of treason . He was exiled to an island for the crime of high treason . Thats treason . That would be treason . The future looks bleak for Edmond Dantes after he became the victim of a conspiracy, and he was convicted for treason and imprisoned for life.
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