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# treason

«treason» in Mova's school dictionary: **the crime of betraying your own country, for example by…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (treason — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (law) Treason is the crime of betraying your own country, for example by helping its enemies or trying to overthrow its ruler or government. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treason/#m1)

2) Treason can also mean any great betrayal of trust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treason/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons: the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, when Guy Fawkes was caught and tried for treason; traitors in wartime. It tells the reader the crime is one of the most serious there is, and in the past it was punished by death. Phrases: «high treason», «commit treason», «charged with treason», «an act of treason».

### examples

- Guy Fawkes was found guilty of treason. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treason/#x1)
- Selling secrets to an enemy country is treason. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treason/#x2)
- In the old days, treason was punished by death. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treason/#x3)
- The knight was accused of treason against the king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treason/#x4)
- Bonfire Night remembers a plot that was treason. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treason/#x5)
- Telling the other team our tactics felt like treason! (joking) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treason/#x6)
- A person who commits treason is called a traitor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treason/#x7)
- This lord and others have accused you of treason, and several councils have been called in the most private manner on your account. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treason/#x8)

### note

Uncountable: «commit treason», not «a treason». Person: «traitor»; adjective: «treasonous». It is about betraying your country, not just breaking any law. «High treason» is the old legal name for the worst kind.

### In the corpora

- [Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried: 'Treason, treason.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.355/)
- [Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said: 'Treason, treason.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.506/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «treason» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/treason/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.