Synonyms for treason
ˈtri zəntrea·son

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. treason

   A fraud is an act of deliberate deception with the design of securing something by taking unfair advantage of another. A deceit or deception may be designed merely to gain some end of one's own, with no intent of harming another; an imposition, to take some small advantage of another, or simply to make another ridiculous. An imposture is designed to obtain money, credit, or position to which one is not entitled, and may be practised by a street beggar or by the pretender to a throne. All action that is not honest is dishonesty, but the term dishonesty is generally applied in business, politics, etc., to deceitful practises which are not directly criminal. Fraud includes deceit, but deceit may not reach the gravity of fraud; a cheat is of the nature of fraud, but of a petty sort; a swindle is more serious than a cheat, involving larger values and more flagrant dishonesty. Fraud is commonly actionable at law; cheating and swindling are for the most part out of the reach of legal proceedings. Treachery is chiefly used of dishonesty in matters of friendship, social relations, government, or war; treachery may be more harmful than fraud, but is not so gross, and is not ordinarily open to legal redress. Treason is a specific form of treachery of a subject to the government to which he owes allegiance, and is definable and punishable at law. Compare ARTIFICE; DECEPTION.

   Synonyms:
   artifice, cheat, cheating, deceit, deception, dishonesty, duplicity, fraud, imposition, imposture, swindle, swindling, treachery, trick

   Antonyms:
   fairness, good faith, honesty, integrity, truth, uprightness

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1. treason, high treason, lese majestynoun

   a crime that undermines the offender's government

   Synonyms:
   high treason, betrayal, subversiveness, traitorousness, perfidy, treachery, lese majesty

2. treason, subversiveness, traitorousnessnoun

   disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior

   Synonyms:
   high treason, betrayal, subversiveness, traitorousness, perfidy, treachery, lese majesty

3. treachery, betrayal, treason, perfidynoun

   an act of deliberate betrayal

   Synonyms:
   high treason, perfidiousness, betrayal, traitorousness, perfidy, subversiveness, treachery, lese majesty

Matched Categories

1. • Dishonesty
   • Disloyalty

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1. seditionnoun

   Submitted by stretchyourlove on August 29, 2021  

2. public works

   any type of project that has death. included in its plan. is a deliberate form of treason.

   pilot projects requiring a target to unknowingly participate.

   Submitted by anonymous on November 26, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. treasonnoun

   Synonyms:
   treachery (to a sovereign or a government), disloyalty, LEZE-MAJESTY, breach of allegiance

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1. List of paraphrases for "treason":

   betrayal, treachery, infidelity, sell-out, rebellious

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How to use treason in a sentence?

1. The Ukrainian president:

   As of today, 651 criminal proceedings have been registered regarding treason and collaboration activities of employees of prosecutor's offices, pretrial investigation bodies, and other law enforcement agencies, in 198 criminal proceedings, relevant persons were notified of suspicion. In particular, more than 60 employees of the prosecutor's office and the Security Service of Ukraine remained in the occupied territory and are working against our state.

2. Martin Sheen:

   I thought they could be helpful. Instead, my trust turned into their treason.

3. Donald Trump acted improperly:

   I think what he did is a long way from treason, bribery, high crimes and misdemeanors. I don't think it's the kind of inappropriate action that the framers would expect the Senate to substitute its judgment for the people in picking a president.

4. Donald Trump:

   You know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart? Right? The spies and treason, we used to handle it a little differently than we do now.

5. Hassan Abbas:

   Even if court orders for release, the government has prepared other cases to charge him under a terrorism act and for treason, the bigger challenge for Islamabad will be pressure from the U.S.