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Recent Examples of treasonous
In Aida’s final scene, the treasonous general Radamés, who has been interred as punishment, finds his slave princess waiting for him in the shadows.
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Justin Davidson, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
The Safeguarding National Security Bill, passed in March, offers punishments for treason and insurrection with life imprisonment and allows for punishment for possession of treasonous publications with time in prison.
—Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2024
In all our history, there has never been as treasonous or shameful act by anyone in power.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2024
For them and other proponents of the French empire, independence was treasonous.
—Jonathan Laurence, Foreign Affairs, 16 Jan. 2015
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Justin Davidson, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
The Safeguarding National Security Bill, passed in March, offers punishments for treason and insurrection with life imprisonment and allows for punishment for possession of treasonous publications with time in prison.
—Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2024
In all our history, there has never been as treasonous or shameful act by anyone in power.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2024
For them and other proponents of the French empire, independence was treasonous.
—Jonathan Laurence, Foreign Affairs, 16 Jan. 2015
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for treasonous
Adjective
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But what will their first move as a traitorous duo be?—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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The blame for this terrifying scenario, McCarthy declared, rested with traitorous federal employees, who had sold their country out and had to be purged from its service.—
Made by History,
TIME,
9 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Tarrio was serving a 22-year prison sentence — the longest handed down in connection to the Capitol attack — after he was convicted of seditious conspiracy and other charges.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
6 Feb. 2025
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His clemency toward those convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection – including seditious conspiracy and assaults on police officers – was different in key ways from the two previous efforts, by Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Ulysses S. Grant in 1873.—
David Cason,
The Conversation,
7 Mar. 2025
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Their stories are full of danger: treacherous rivers, unforgiving terrain, and the constant threat of violence and exploitation.—
Alan Taylor,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2025
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But in between lies a tense and treacherous journey…In Wolof and French with English subtitles.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Treasonous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treasonous. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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