seditious
adjective
se·di·tious
si-ˈdi-shəs 
1
: disposed to arouse or take part in or guilty of sedition
2
: of, relating to, or tending toward sedition
seditiously
adverb
seditiousness
noun
Examples of seditious in a Sentence
several dissidents were jailed for leading protests that the government branded as seditious
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More than 1,500 people were prosecuted in a sweeping Justice Department probe, resulting in serious convictions from assaulting law enforcement to seditious conspiracy.
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Ella Lee, The Hill, 12 June 2025
Rhodes was convicted of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and was sentenced to 18 years in prison.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
One of the key claims involves a document titled 1776 Returns, which prosecutors cited as evidence of a seditious plot.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
The case is being prosecuted by Jeffrey Nestler, a veteran of the U.S. attorney’s office in D.C. who handled the seditious conspiracy trial of the Oath Keepers and other high-profile Jan. 6 cases.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 22 May 2025
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Ella Lee, The Hill, 12 June 2025
Rhodes was convicted of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and was sentenced to 18 years in prison.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
One of the key claims involves a document titled 1776 Returns, which prosecutors cited as evidence of a seditious plot.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
The case is being prosecuted by Jeffrey Nestler, a veteran of the U.S. attorney’s office in D.C. who handled the seditious conspiracy trial of the Oath Keepers and other high-profile Jan. 6 cases.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 22 May 2025
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“Seditious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seditious. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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seditious
adjective
se·di·tious
si-ˈdish-əs
: of, relating to, or causing sedition
seditious statements
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