seditious
adjective
se·di·tious
si-ˈdi-shəs 
1
: disposed to arouse or take part in or guilty of sedition
2
: of, relating to, or tending toward sedition
seditiously
adverb
seditiousness
noun
Examples of seditious in a Sentence
several dissidents were jailed for leading protests that the government branded as seditious
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To date, more than 1,200 people have been convicted of charges that include assaulting police officers, obstructing official proceedings and seditious conspiracy.
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Barbara McQuade, TIME, 11 Sep. 2024
As of this month, more than fourteen hundred people have been charged for their participation in the riot, and some nine hundred have pleaded guilty; nine have been convicted of seditious conspiracy, a Civil War-era charge that was devised to prosecute Southern rebels.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2024
Enlightenment would operate from the top down, and would be compatible with the suppression of dangerous (especially seditious religious) teachings.
—John M. Owen Iv, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2015
He was sentenced to 22 years behind bars after being convicted last year of seditious conspiracy for orchestrating and commanding his far-right followers to storm the Capitol.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 19 July 2024
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Barbara McQuade, TIME, 11 Sep. 2024
As of this month, more than fourteen hundred people have been charged for their participation in the riot, and some nine hundred have pleaded guilty; nine have been convicted of seditious conspiracy, a Civil War-era charge that was devised to prosecute Southern rebels.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2024
Enlightenment would operate from the top down, and would be compatible with the suppression of dangerous (especially seditious religious) teachings.
—John M. Owen Iv, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2015
He was sentenced to 22 years behind bars after being convicted last year of seditious conspiracy for orchestrating and commanding his far-right followers to storm the Capitol.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 19 July 2024
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seditious
adjective
se·di·tious
si-ˈdish-əs
: of, relating to, or causing sedition
seditious statements
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