treason
noun[U]
uk/ˈtriː.zən/us/ˈtriː.zən/(thecrimeof)showingnoloyaltytoyourcountry,especiallybyhelpingitsenemiesortryingtodefeatitsgovernment:
叛国(罪)In 1606 Guy Fawkes wasexecutedfor treason.在1606年,盖伊‧福克斯被以叛国罪处决。
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betrayal
treacheryformal
See also
high treason
Disloyalty, betrayal & treason
- adulterous
- backstabber
- betrayal
- betrayer
- break ranksidiom
- chicane
- deserter
- desertion
- faithless
- faithlessly
- faithlessness
- false
- fifth column
- sellsomeonedown the riveridiom
- sellout
- stabsomeonein the backidiom
- tergiversation
- throwsomeoneto the lionsidiom
- treacherous
- treasonable
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