treason
noun/ˈtriːzn/
/ˈtriːzn/
(also high treason)
[uncountable]- the crime of doing something that could cause danger to your country, such as helping its enemies during a war
- an act of high treason against the English crown
- They were charged with treason and sentenced to death.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- treason against
- an act of treason
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French treisoun, from Latin traditio(n-) ‘handing over’, from the verb tradere.Definitions on the go
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