How to Use treason in a Sentence

treason

noun

• He is guilty of treason.
• Trump views the truth as treason and truth-tellers as traitors.
  — TheWeek, 27 Jan. 2020
• Did the founders intend for the pardon power to be used in cases of treason?
  — Gregory Korte, USA TODAY, 4 June 2018
• He was freed on bail in April while facing treason charges.
  — Yinka Ibukun, Bloomberg.com, 22 Sep. 2017
• Promising to do so in the event of a shooting war would be an offer to commit treason.
  — The Editors, National Review, 15 Sep. 2021
• Within the day, he was impeached and detained on charges of treason.
  — Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 28 Dec. 2022
• Hitler slunk out of town and was later arrested and tried for treason.
  — Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2021
• The secret meetings, he in heavy disguise, in the years of his treason trial.
  — The Economist, 5 Apr. 2018
• The only fate worse than jail time for treason is plantar fasciitis.
  — Outside Online, 22 July 2022
• Though the war was far from over, many brave patriots signed the document at the risk of being held for treason against the crown.
  — Arkansas Online, 18 Apr. 2021
• She was later placed under house arrest for nearly eight and a half months and charged with treason.
  — Tenzin Shakya, ABC News, 3 June 2022
• For four years, Trump has worked to equate disagreement with treason.
  — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2020
• Ben is heard as the voice of reason (or treason, who knows?) throughout the trailer.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2023
• The contractor later was accused of treason and found a noose outside his house.
  — Amara Walker, Chris Youd and Ray Sanchez, CNN, 11 June 2021
• Gaetz said no one has been charged with insurrection or treason.
  — CBS News, 7 Jan. 2022
• Those caught selling their expertise abroad could face charges of treason.
  — Simon Shuster / Dnipro, Time, 1 Feb. 2018
• There’s a very good reason for that: The bar for treason is really high.
  — German Lopez, Vox, 19 Dec. 2018
• But treason is even more bitter if the traitor is a personal friend and protégé like Prigozhin.
  — Time, 24 Aug. 2023
• Villere and five others were arrested, found guilty of treason and condemned to death.
  — Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 11 Dec. 2017
• But writing this op-ed piece, in no way meets the definition of treason.
  — Fox News, 6 Sep. 2018
• You have been convicted of treason or a felony, unless your rights are restored.
  — The Arizona Republic, 23 Sep. 2020
• If found guilty of treason, Jalingo could face a life sentence in prison.
  — Time Staff, Time, 1 Nov. 2019
• Oppenheimer called the proposal treason, and that was that.
  — Vulture, 25 July 2023
• There’s no high crime or misdemeanor rising to the level of treason or bribery or something like that.
  — Justin Wingerter, The Denver Post, 18 Dec. 2019
• The British royal governor denounced it as an act of treason.
  — Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023
• Philip’s father, who was working in the army, was accused of treason and exiled.
  — Katie Frost, Town & Country, 9 Apr. 2021
• Manning could have been — and in previous ages, might well have been — hanged for such treason.
  — Charles Krauthammer, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2017
• Thomas Usk was charged with treason, and his head rolled a mere day after his trial began.
  — Aron Ravin, National Review, 15 Aug. 2021
• The most serious charge that can be laid against a leaker is treason, which can be punishable by death.
  — Joe Schneider, Bloomberg.com, 6 June 2017
• You have been convicted of treason or felony, unless your rights are restored.
  — Grace Oldham, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2020

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024