All 8 Uses of
treason
in
Red Prophet
- What he had done here in Canada was plain treason.†
Chpt 3
- For a moment Frederic thought, insanely, that La Fayette was calmly prophesying his own execution for treason.†
Chpt 3
- Of course Frederic did not believe the engines would ever be as fast as horses, but that didn't matter--La Fayette did believe in them, and so the fact that he didn't bring them to Canada was pure treason.†
Chpt 3
- As it is, if you made a report accusing me of treason for encouraging Stephenson to remain in Irrakwa, they'd call you home and lock you up in a padded room!"†
Chpt 3
- Treason?†
Chpt 3
- He has the arrogance of youth; there is no treason in his heart, I know it.
Chpt 16 *treason = betrayal
- It contained the order for Napoleon Bonaparte to be placed under immediate arrest, to be returned to Paris in irons to stand trial for treason, sedition, disloyalty, and malfeasance.†
Chpt 18
- "Treason, sedition, malfeasance, and if that weren't enough, now insubordination.†
Chpt 18
Definition:
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(treason) betraying someone or something -- typically betraying one's own country
(in this context, to betray is to not be loyal--often by helping enemies)