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Treason logo #10101) Act of deliberate betrayal 2) Act of sedition 3) An act of deliberate betrayal 4) Any treachery or betrayal 5) Article III, Section 3 topic 6) Betrayal 7) Betrayal crime 8) Betrayal of country 9) Betrayal of nation 10) Charge against Tokyo Rose 11) Constitutional offense 12) Crime 13) Crime against the state
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Treason

Treason logo #10101) Betrayal 2) Lèse-majesté 3) Sellout 4) Subversiveness 5) Traitorousness 6) Treachery 7) War crime
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  1. a crime that undermines the offender's government
  2. disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior
  3. an act of deliberate betrayal

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treason logo #21214n. the crime of betraying one's country, defined in Article III, section 3 of the U.S. Constitution: "Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort." Treason requires overt acts and includes the giving of government security secrets to other countries, ...
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Treason

Treason logo #21000 In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against 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 or that of a master by his servant. Treason against the king was known as high treason and treason against a lesser superi....
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Treason

Treason logo #21000[Ireland] The Treason (Ireland) Act 1821 (1 & 2 Geo 4 c 24) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It extended most of the English Treason Act 1695 to Ireland. Previously the 1695 Act only applied to England and Scotland (having been extended to Scotland in 1708). The whole Act was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by the Sta...
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Treason

Treason logo #21000[Ireland] The Treason (Ireland) Act 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 26) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It extended part of the Treason Act 1708 to Ireland, specifically the rules about giving the defendant advance notice of the witnesses and jurors in his case. It was repealed by the Treason Act 1945,...
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Treason

Treason logo #21002• (n.) The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance, or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power; disloyalty; treachery. • (n.) Loosely, the betrayal of any trust or confidence; treachery; perfidy.
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treason

treason logo #21003the crime of betraying a nation or a sovereign by acts considered dangerous to security. In English law, treason includes the levying of war against ... [2 related articles]
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treason

treason logo #20688Act of betrayal, in particular against the sovereign or the state to which the offender owes allegiance. In the USA, treason is defined in the constitution as the crime of `levying war against...
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Treason

Treason logo #21213Disloyalty, treachery, betrayal to ones own country usually by the way of supporting and purposely aiding the enemies thereby leading to war and civil disorder in the country.
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Treason

Treason logo #21212This word imports a betraying, treachery, or breach of allegiance. The Constitution of the United States, Art. III, defines treason against the United States to consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid or comfort. This offence is punished with death. By the same article of the Constitution, no per.....
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Treason

Treason logo #22642The crime of betraying one's country. Treason requires overt acts and includes attempts to make war against the state, sharing government secrets with other countries, espionage, or materially supporting the enemies of one's country.
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Treason

Treason logo #21365A serious crime committed against the state or the monarch.
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Treason

Treason logo #21217Treason is the breach of the duty of allegiance owed by a subject to the State and its sovereign.
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treason

treason logo #20400[n] - disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior 2. [n] - a crime that undermines the offender`s government
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treason

treason logo #20974subversiveness noun disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior
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treason

treason logo #21221Act of betrayal, in particular against the sovereign or the state to which the offender owes allegiance. In the USA, treason is defined in the constitution as the crime of `levying war against [the USA], or adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort`. Congress has the power to declare the punishment for treason
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treason

treason logo #23665[SAT terms] an act of deliberate betrayal
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treason

treason logo #23665 a crime that undermines the offender's government
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