Word Meaning

treason definition and meaning

n. The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance, or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power; disloyalty; treachery.
n. Loosely, the betrayal of any trust or confidence; treachery; perfidy.

Crossword clues for treason

- Act of disloyalty
- Any treachery or betrayal
- Betrayal
- Betrayal of country
- Betrayal of nation
- Betrayal of nation disturbed senator
- Betrayal of one's country
- Betrayal of one's nation
- Betrayal of one’s country
- Breach of faith
- Crime against one’s country
- Crime against the state
- Disloyalty
- Guy Fawkes’ crime
- Insult to monarch or state
- Mutiny
- Sedition
- Seen in theatre, as only a crime
- The first cause of crime against the state
- The original motive for crime against country
- Treachery
- Treachery or betrayal