[noun] [U] - (the crime of) lack of loyalty to your country, esp. by helping its enemies or attempting to defeat its governmentIn the seventeenth century a man called Guy Fawkes was executed for treason after he took part in a plot to blow up the British Parliament building.
TREASON
Meaning of TREASON in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012