treason
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 →
2) Treason can also mean any great betrayal of trust. tree →
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 →
- Selling secrets to an enemy country is treason. tree →
- In the old days, treason was punished by death. tree →
- The knight was accused of treason against the king. tree →
- Bonfire Night remembers a plot that was treason. tree →
- Telling the other team our tactics felt like treason! (joking) tree →
- A person who commits treason is called a traitor. tree →
- This lord and others have accused you of treason, and several councils have been called in the most private manner on your account. tree →
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.'
- Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said: 'Treason, treason.'
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «treason» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.