The Only Use of
sedition
in
1984, by Orwell
- He confessed to the assassination of eminent Party members, the distribution of seditious pamphlets, embezzlement of public funds, sale of military secrets, sabotage of every kind.†
p. 242.5seditious = acts to tendency to engage in acts that resist government authority or attempt to overthrow a government
Definition:
illegal acts encouraging resistance to government authority -- especially overthrow of the government