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Recent Examples of treasonous
By then, no official blacklist existed but she was routinely assailed by right wingers as a treasonous ingrate and tool of Hanoi.
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Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
Edward Snowden's treasonous betrayal of the United States and its most sensitive lawful intelligence activities endangered sources, methods, and lives.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
Doing this would officially make Peter a traitor, though Jacob is quick to reassure him that the memory of his treasonous father should have no bearing on his decision.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
In Aida’s final scene, the treasonous general Radamés, who has been interred as punishment, finds his slave princess waiting for him in the shadows.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
Edward Snowden's treasonous betrayal of the United States and its most sensitive lawful intelligence activities endangered sources, methods, and lives.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
Doing this would officially make Peter a traitor, though Jacob is quick to reassure him that the memory of his treasonous father should have no bearing on his decision.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
In Aida’s final scene, the treasonous general Radamés, who has been interred as punishment, finds his slave princess waiting for him in the shadows.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for treasonous
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Michael Fassbender plays a British intelligence officer tasked with finding who leaked a top-secret software program and betrayed their country, and the list of five potentially traitorous suspects includes his own high-profile wife (Cate Blanchett).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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Smith made out their former collaborators to be ungrateful and traitorous, and the kids weren't given the space to question her command.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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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.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
12 June 2025
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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
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The storm could bring hazardous travel, power outages, and treacherous trail conditions during a time of year typically dominated by warmer weather and early summer tourism.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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Having heard rumors of a mythical doctor (played with a chilling calm by Ralph Fiennes) who could possibly help, Spike sneaks off with her for a treacherous expedition to the mainland.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2025
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“Treasonous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treasonous. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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