sedition
noun
se·di·tion
si-ˈdi-shən 
: incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority
Examples of sedition in a Sentence
The leaders of the group have been arrested and charged with sedition.
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Around 600 defendants faced allegations of assaulting, resisting or impeding police and 10 were convicted of sedition.
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Tara Suter, The Hill, 26 Mar. 2025
Trump’s reign of terror recalls a shameful chapter in our history: The alien and sedition acts of 1798, under which journalists were jailed for criticizing President John Adams.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
In traditional dictatorships, critics are often charged with crimes such as sedition, treason, or plotting insurrection, but contemporary autocrats tend to prosecute critics for more mundane offenses, such as corruption, tax evasion, defamation, and even minor violations of arcane rules.
—Steven Levitsky, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2025
Nearly 1,600 defendants were charged in the riot, and only 10 were convicted of sedition.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
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Tara Suter, The Hill, 26 Mar. 2025
Trump’s reign of terror recalls a shameful chapter in our history: The alien and sedition acts of 1798, under which journalists were jailed for criticizing President John Adams.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
In traditional dictatorships, critics are often charged with crimes such as sedition, treason, or plotting insurrection, but contemporary autocrats tend to prosecute critics for more mundane offenses, such as corruption, tax evasion, defamation, and even minor violations of arcane rules.
—Steven Levitsky, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2025
Nearly 1,600 defendants were charged in the riot, and only 10 were convicted of sedition.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sedition
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“Sedition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sedition. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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sedition
noun
se·di·tion
si-ˈdish-ən
: the stirring up of feelings against lawful authority
Legal Definition
sedition
noun
se·di·tion
si-ˈdi-shən
: the crime of creating a revolt, disturbance, or violence against lawful civil authority with the intent to cause its overthrow or destruction compare criminal syndicalism, sabotage
seditiously
adverb
Etymology
Latin seditio, literally, separation, from sed apart + itio act of going, from ire to go
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