as in treason
formal
the crime of saying, writing, or doing something that encourages people to disobey their government
The leaders of the group have been arrested and charged with sedition.
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Recent Examples of sedition
Besides convictions for extortion and counterfeiting, his catalog of misdeeds included banditry, sedition and, on four occasions, failing to show up for jury duty at the court of the Roman governor.
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Franz Lidz, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Tarrio was released from prison in January after receiving a full pardon from Trump, ending his 22-year sentence after being convicted of sedition related to the riot.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 17 Mar. 2025
Here, Trent offers us a clock mender whose friend is facing sedition charges as part of a crackdown on political reading clubs, and a housemaid whose testimony might exonerate her.
—Olivia Waite, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Around 600 defendants faced allegations of assaulting, resisting or impeding police and 10 were convicted of sedition.
—Tara Suter, The Hill, 26 Mar. 2025
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Franz Lidz, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Tarrio was released from prison in January after receiving a full pardon from Trump, ending his 22-year sentence after being convicted of sedition related to the riot.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 17 Mar. 2025
Here, Trent offers us a clock mender whose friend is facing sedition charges as part of a crackdown on political reading clubs, and a housemaid whose testimony might exonerate her.
—Olivia Waite, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Around 600 defendants faced allegations of assaulting, resisting or impeding police and 10 were convicted of sedition.
—Tara Suter, The Hill, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sedition
treason
Noun
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The South committed treason against the Constitution to protect slavery.—
Zaakir Tameez
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
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Lissu — who survived being shot 16 times in a 2017 assassination attempt — was arrested in April on treason charges.—
Kate Bartlett,
NPR,
7 June 2025
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“Sedition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sedition. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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