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betraying someone or something — typically betraying one's own country(in this context, to betray is to not be loyal—often by helping enemies)
- He was executed for treason in a time of war.
treason = betraying one's own country
- Benedict Arnold was not captured after he committed treason.
- Her behavior was treasonous.
- He was tried for treason at Richmond but acquitted.Edward E. Hale -- The Man Without a Country
- He has the arrogance of youth; there is no treason in his heart, I know it.Orson Scott Card -- Red Prophet
- — Ring the alarum bell:—murder and treason!William Shakespeare -- Macbeth
- Let them not live to taste this land's increase That would with treason wound this fair land's peace!William Shakespeare -- The Life and Death of King Richard III
- The penalty for treason is death.Dan Simmons -- Hyperion
- Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.Alexis de Toqueville -- Democracy In America, Volume 2
- As T. S. Eliot has said: "The last temptation is the greatest treason: To do the right deed for the wrong reason."Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Letter from a Birmingham Jail
- Hark how the villain would gloze now, after his treasonable abuses!William Shakespeare -- Measure for Measure
- This was how it would be if there was no treason and if all did what they should.Ernest Hemingway -- For Whom the Bell Tolls
- "Radames, Radames," the high priest sings urgently and makes it pointedly clear that he is to be charged with the crime of treason.Thomas Mann -- The Magic Mountain
- For treason against the gods, they will face eternal punishment.Rick Riordan -- The Son of Neptune
- Nor can we write it off as insanity, which is what the defense counsel did at his trial for treason (he was charged with broadcasting for the enemy).Thomas C. Foster -- How to Read Literature Like a Professor
- Nothing is criminal; there is no such thing as treason; wherefore, every one thinks himself at liberty to act as he pleases.Thomas Paine -- Common Sense
- "Twice, after being asked serious questions about whether he's committed treason, he's going to smirk.Malcolm Gladwell -- Blink
- "You wouldn't find the Brigade of Guards coming over all treasonable like this, my word, no!"Terry Pratchett -- Nation
- Like Old King Celon when he thought his regent was going to expose him for treason.Patrick Rothfuss -- The Name of the Wind
- That's treason!" gasped an elderly woman who taught in the Languages department.Henry H. Neff -- The Second Siege
treason = betrayal of one's own country
(Editor's note: The suffix "-ous" in treasonous means full of. This is the same pattern you see in words like dangerous, poisonous, and humorous.)
treason = betraying his country
treason = betrayal
treason = betrayal against the king
(Editor's note: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.)
(Editor's note: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.)
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