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 In 1920, Terence MacSwiney, the lord mayor of Cork, was convicted of sedition and then died in Brixton Prison after seventy-four days on hunger strike. —

Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026 This sedition was a prelude to even bigger schemes. —

Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 18 Jan. 2026 This sedition was a prelude to even bigger schemes. —

Richard Hall, Time, 17 Jan. 2026 Trump reacted angrily in social media posts, urging the Democrats to be tried for sedition and unsubtly echoing the punishment. —

Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 12 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sedition

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treason

Noun

Consider this evilmeister’s brazen acts of treason and revenge, unbounded deceit, swinish immorality and negative role modeling.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026
She was imprisoned in Salimgarh Fort (a part of Red Fort) in Delhi by her father for more than 20 years for inciting her brother, Muhammad Akbar, to commit treason.

— Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026