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Criminal disloyalty to one's country or a sovereign.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- 1952, James Avery Joyce: Justice At Work: (this edition Pan 1957) Page 105. Formerly, the punishment for high treason was of a most barbarous character.... Women were burnt. A male traitor was dragged or drawn to the place of execution and hanged; but while still alive, he was cut down and disembowelled. His head was then severed from his body which was quartered. The head and quarters, which were at the Kings disposal, were usually exposed in some conspicuous place—the Temple Bar being a favourite spot—after being boiled in salt to prevent putrification and in cumin seed to prevent birds feasting on them.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
In some jurisdictions, a criminal offence of treason including features regarded as more severe than ordinary treason.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A betrayal portrayed as especially shocking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: excessive, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a crime that undermines the offender's government
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: treason, lese majesty
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: crime, offense, criminal offense, criminal offence, offence, law-breaking
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
خِيَانَة عُظْمَى
(ḵiyāna ʕuẓmā)
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Belarusian:
дзяржаўная здрада
(dzjaržawnaja zdrada)
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Belarusian:
дзяржздрада
(dzjaržzdrada)
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Belarusian:
здрада дзяржаве
(zdrada dzjaržavje)
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Belarusian:
здрада Радзіме
(zdrada Radzimje)
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Catalan:
alta traïció
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Chinese Mandarin:
叛國罪 /叛国罪
(pànguózuì)
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Czech:
velezrada
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Czech:
vlastizrada
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Danish:
højforræderi
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Dutch:
hoogverraad
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Esperanto:
altperfido
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Esperanto:
ŝtatperfido
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Finnish:
maanpetos
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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French:
haute trahison
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Georgian:
სახელმწიფო ღალატი
(saxelmc̣ipo ɣalaṭi)
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Georgian:
სახელმწიფოს ღალატი
(saxelmc̣ipos ɣalaṭi)
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Georgian:
სამშობლოს ღალატი
(samšoblos ɣalaṭi)
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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German:
Hochverrat
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Greek:
εσχάτη προδοσία
(escháti prodosía)
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Hungarian:
felségárulás
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Hungarian:
hazaárulás
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Icelandic:
landráð
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Irish:
ardtréas
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Italian:
alto tradimento
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Japanese:
大逆罪
(taigyakuzai)
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Latin:
perduellio
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Macedonian:
велепредавство
(velepredavstvo)
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Norwegian Bokmål:
høyforræderi
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Pannonian Rusyn:
велька зрада
(velʹka zrada)
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Polish:
zdrada stanu
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Portuguese:
alta traição
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Romanian:
înaltă trădare
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Russian:
госуда́рственная изме́на
(gosudárstvennaja izména)
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Russian:
изме́на Ро́дине
(izména Ródine)
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Russian:
госизме́на
(gosizména)
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Spanish:
alta traición
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Swedish:
högförräderi
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Turkish:
devlete ihanet
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
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Turkish:
vatana ihanet
— Criminal disloyalty to one's country
