treasonous
[tree-zuh-nuh s]
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Origin of treasonous
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
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apostatefaithlessinsubordinatemutinousperfidiousrecreantsubversivetraitoroustreacheroustwo-facedtwo-timingunfaithfuluntruewormliketreasonableundutifulunpatrioticExamples from the Web for treasonous
Contemporary Examples
A special military tribunal had found him guilty of treasonous activities and other crimes.
It goes on to say that a court needs two witnesses to the treasonous act.
Some of the same folks who called BDS treasonous see ODS as part of a patriotic resistance.
For Perry to say we can't control the Mexican border, he declared, is "pretty much a treasonous comment."
People who study the right have worried for months about the consequences of paranoid beliefs about treasonous government plots.
Historical Examples
It is not possible; it would not be wise; it would be treasonous to the General Woo-san-Kwei.
The War TigerWiliam Dalton
But he has no right to involve you in these treasonous tricks of his.
AngelotEleanor Price
It secured me his confidence—while strengthening his treasonous intention.
The BandoleroMayne Reid
A treasonous step on this mule of a Bookseller's part, thinks Voltaire; but mulishly persisted in by the man.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. X. (of XXI.)Thomas Carlyle
But Richelieu discovered his treasonous relations with Spain and by this means defeated his plot.
Word Origin and History for treasonous
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper