Thesaurus results for SEDITION

sedition

noun

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 After Thomas Hickey was hanged that year for mutiny, sedition and treachery, Washington warned that his fate should serve as a caution to all soldiers. —

Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026 He was charged with sedition and sent to a federal prison in North Dakota. —

Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 2026 That enraged Trump, who in an unprecedented move said the lawmakers were guilty of sedition, which is punishable by death. —

John E. Jones Iii, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2026 This sedition was a prelude to even bigger schemes. —

Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 18 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sedition

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treason

Noun

Avital was generating support for her husband, who had been arrested a year before and charged with treason, and other Soviet dissidents.

— Michael Arkush, Twin Cities, 26 May 2026
Over the past year, a group of lawyers recorded 486 state treason and espionage cases brought against Russian scientists, bureaucrats, military figures, and other government employees.

— Anna Nemtsova, Time, 23 May 2026