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Definition
betraying someone or something — typically betraying one's own country
(in this context, to betray is to not be loyal—often by helping enemies)
(in this context, to betray is to not be loyal—often by helping enemies)
- Treason grows but for kind man.Book 2 — Revelation (52% in)
- The old couple next door seem to share her dread: they always forget and say "Léopoldville," then cover their mouths with their hands as if they've let slip a treason.Book 5 — Exodus (49% in)
- The charges are in the general nature of treason, which is to say anti-Mobutism, and the most likely sentence will be life imprisonment, though there are other possibilities.Book 5 — Exodus (71% in)
- She may lose her job because of familial association with treason.Book 5 — Exodus (72% in)
There are no more uses of "treason" in The Poisonwood Bible.
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