TREASON


Meaning of TREASON in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

commit treason (= the crime of being disloyal to your country )

He was accused of committing treason against the King of England.

high treason

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

high

Probably to the relief of the nationalists, he stood convicted of high treason at last.

Stone was arrested on a charge of high treason on 3 May 1794 and was taken to the Tower of London.

■ VERB

accuse

Pianezza had played a leading part in the disastrous campaign of 1672 and was accused of treason .

He was then accused of treason and eventually beheaded.

He was accused of treason against the nation for his willingness to negotiate with Texas and the United States.

charge

On June 8, 1862, he was arrested and charged with treason .

commit

How do we know Buckingham committed treason ?

convict

William Joyce had been convicted of treason on the grand scale.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

All five of the men will be charged with committing treason against the state.

Fleming was flown to Washington and tried for treason .

Norris was sentenced to 20 years for treason .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He also underwent several periods of defacto house arrest and trial for treason between 1956 and 1961.

He was accused of treason against the nation for his willingness to negotiate with Texas and the United States.

He was now arrested, tried for treason for his support of Jane Grey and condemned to death.

He was then accused of treason and eventually beheaded.

The charges against him included treason .

The Polisario Front on Aug. 13 accused Hakim of treason .

Wolf is being tried by the same court that sentenced him to six years in prison for treason and bribery.

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