high treason
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high treason
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- Criminal disloyalty to one's country or a sovereign. 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 disembowell
- In some jurisdictions, a criminal offence of treason including features regarded as more severe than ordinary treason.
- A betrayal portrayed as especially shocking.
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noun Criminal disloyalty to one's country
| Español | alta traición |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 大逆罪 taigyakuzai |
| 中文 | 叛國罪 /叛国罪 pànguózuì |
| Português | alta traição |
| Français | haute trahison |
| Deutsch | Hochverrat |
| Italiano | alto tradimento |
| Ελληνικά | εσχάτη προδοσία escháti prodosía |
| Română | înaltă trădare |
| Русский | госуда́рственная изме́на gosudárstvennaja izména, изме́на Ро́дине izména Ródine, госизме́на gosizména |
| العربية | خِيَانَة عُظْمَى ḵiyāna ʕuẓmā |
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@misc{high_treason_2026,
title = {high treason},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/high%20treason},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
