treason
noun
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
treasonably
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a word derived from
treason.
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a word derived from
treasonable.
Example Sentences
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But since a party chairman is supposed to talk like a combination coach and cheerleader, Alcorn sounded treasonably candid to the faithful.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is but a tumultous assembly of men who have treasonably conspired against their lawful sovereign.
From Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
One of the counts against him was that he had treasonably taken upon him the name of O'Neill.
From The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times by James Godkin
I begin to smell out that Privy Seal worketh treasonably.'
From The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court by Ford Madox Ford
Gowrie was thus within the danger of the law, for treasonably concealing foreknowledge of the conspiracy.
From James VI and the Gowrie Mystery by Andrew Lang
