treasonous

adjective

trea·son·ous | \ ˈtrēz-nəs

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, ˈtrē-zə-nəs\

Definition of treasonous

: treasonable

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But her time with the dowager queen was brief: Katherine died in childbirth in September 1548, and her husband, clouded by accusations of impropriety and treasonous intentions, was executed less than a year later. — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, "Is This the Childhood Home of Lady Jane Grey, England’s Nine-Day Queen?," 3 July 2019 Much of the Republican base, trapped within the bubble of Trump’s tweets and Fox News, regards Gardner’s truths about Russia as a treasonous hoax, and believes that the Mueller report exonerates the president. — David Goldfischer, The Denver Post, "Guest Commentary: Gardner has put pressure on Russia; now he must hold the president accountable," 21 June 2019 From collusion -- from treasonous collusion to some obstruction of justice charge. — Fox News, "Will Giuliani's press tour help or hurt the president?," 31 July 2018 The idea that the op-ed might be treasonous is, as Vox’s Dylan Matthews explains, nonsensical. — Aja Romano, Vox, "That New York Times op-ed may not have given us hope — but it did give us memes," 6 Sep. 2018 According to the Washington Post, some lawmakers saw her protests as treasonous, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars called for Fonda to be tried as a traitor. — Mahita Gajanan, Time, "Megyn Kelly Called Out Jane Fonda's 'Hanoi Jane' Past. There's a Complicated Story Behind the Nickname," 24 Jan. 2018 Richard Painter has spent much of the past 13 months calling Donald Trump a treasonous, racist pervert on cable news and Twitter. — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, "Richard Painter Mulls Trying to Throw Senate Race to Pro-Trump Republican," 7 Mar. 2018 The current President of The United States wants immigrants who will preserve monuments to treasonous Confederate rebels who sought to preserve slave states and create more of them. — Jeff Darcy, cleveland.com, "False missile alert human errors: Darcy cartoon," 17 Jan. 2018 The British considered signing the Declaration of Independence to be treasonous. — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, "Remembering the Woman Who 'Signed' the Declaration of Independence," 4 July 2018

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