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The conspirators were hanged for high treason.
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France abolished the monarchy and declared a republic in 1792 during the French Revolution, and soon after, executed King Louis XVI by guillotine on charges of high treason.
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John Toher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
The following afternoon an armed guard headed by Charles himself entered Parliament’s Westminster Palace, seeking to arrest five members on charges of high treason.
—Catherine Nicholson, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
In 2016, for example, several top Russian cyber officials—including a top manager at Kaspersky Lab—were thrown into Moscow’s Lefortovo prison by the FSB on charges of high treason.
—Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2025
Francis was seized, charged with high treason and sentenced to death.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 29 May 2025
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John Toher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
The following afternoon an armed guard headed by Charles himself entered Parliament’s Westminster Palace, seeking to arrest five members on charges of high treason.
—Catherine Nicholson, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
In 2016, for example, several top Russian cyber officials—including a top manager at Kaspersky Lab—were thrown into Moscow’s Lefortovo prison by the FSB on charges of high treason.
—Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2025
Francis was seized, charged with high treason and sentenced to death.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 29 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for high treason
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“High treason.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20treason. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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