How to Use sedition in a Sentence

sedition

noun

• The leaders of the group have been arrested and charged with sedition.
• When cyberspace was closed down, the sedition was stopped.
  — Jon Gambrell, The Seattle Times, 28 Jan. 2018
• But then the charges came: sedition, one of the highest crimes in Spain.
  — New York Times, 4 May 2021
• He was arrested for sedition six times in the past two years.
  — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Oct. 2017
• The sedition statute doesn't require proof of a plot to overthrow the government, the memo read.
  — Michael Balsamo, Star Tribune, 17 Sep. 2020
• Sulthana has since been charged by police with sedition for the remark.
  — David Pierson, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2021
• They were charged with sedition, or a plot to overthrow the government, and weapons charges.
  — Rachael Levy, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2020
• Disloyalty, in the form of joining the glee club, is sedition.
  — Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2021
• So much so that he was charged with sedition, the cardinal colonial sin.
  — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2020
• The police said that the creation and promotion of the tipsheet amounted to sedition.
  — Jeff Horwitz, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2021
• The cleric, Nimr al-Nimr, denied the charges of sedition.
  — Aya Batrawy, The Seattle Times, 14 Aug. 2017
• Police charged her with sedition, a crime that can carry a life sentence.
  — The Economist, 27 Feb. 2021
• Here are the prison sentences given to the Oath Keepers tried for sedition.
  — Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 26 May 2023
• Watkins, who is charged with sedition for her role in the riot, was mentioned by name during the hearing.
  — Staff, cleveland, 22 July 2022
• He was also charged with terrorism and sedition, both of which can result in life in prison.
  — Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2021
• Now, with the supreme court’s latest order, those in jail for sedition charges can apply for bail.
  — Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 10 May 2022
• Lai also was charged with sedition under a colonial-era law that has been used to quash dissent.
  — Kanis Leung, ajc, 30 Nov. 2022
• Garland refused to say on Tuesday whether sedition charges are still on the table.
  — Evan Perez, CNN, 24 June 2021
• The department has rarely brought charges of sedition, the crime of conspiring to overthrow the government.
  — Katie Bennern New York Times, Star Tribune, 22 Mar. 2021
• The court sentenced nine of the former leaders to prison for sedition, as well as for misusing public funds.
  — Raphael Minder, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2019
• But judges found nine of them guilty of sedition and handed down prison terms of nine to 13 years.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2019
• The other charge is under the penal code and is usually referred to as treason or sedition.
  — Grant Peck, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2021
• That includes sedition – trying to use force to overthrow the government.
  — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 13 June 2023
• Three defendants were cleared of the sedition charge but found guilty of other Jan. 6 crimes.
  — Lindsay Whitehurst, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2023
• In addition, he has been charged with sedition and computer crimes.
  — The Economist, 8 June 2019
• Following the protest, she was detained and spent two years in prison on charges of sedition and incitement to rebellion.
  — Andalusia Knoll, Teen Vogue, 2 Oct. 2018
• Dozens of the protest movement’s followers have been charged, including with sedition.
  — Saeed Shah, WSJ, 26 June 2018
• Perhaps because his lawyers have told him that no judge is going to throw out the Capitol-riot sedition charge.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 5 Mar. 2022
• Fourteen defendants have been convicted of sedition or pleaded guilty to that charge.
  — Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Dallas News, 13 June 2023
• The sedition charge carries a possible sentence of 20 years in prison.
  — Caitlin L. Chandler, Washington Post, 23 May 2022

Last Updated: 17 Apr 2024