treasonable

[US]/'triːz(ə)nəb(ə)l/
[UK]/'triznəbl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. betraying one's country, disloyal

Phrases & Collocations

treasonable offense

Example Sentences

there was no evidence of treasonable activity.

a treasonable act such as espionage.

7) Abrogate treasonable treaties;

being accused of treasonable behavior

charged with treasonable activities

Real-world Examples

Ukraine's president said he wants to make corruption during wartime a treasonable offense.

Source: BBC Listening Collection August 2023

To their narrow minds, American opinion was contemptible and American resistance unlawful, riotous, and treasonable.

Source: American history

Anything that you should do in the way of giving her aid and comfort will be—permit me the expression—distinctly treasonable.

Source: Washington Square

They inflicted a heavy blow on the British at Monmouth, but the treasonable conduct of General Charles Lee prevented a triumph.

Source: American history

To McKinley and his supporters, engaged in a sanguinary struggle to maintain American supremacy, such talk was more than quixotic;it was scarcely short of treasonable.

Source: American history

A Disappointment Mr. Attorney-General had to inform the jury, that the prisoner before them, though young in years, was old in the treasonable practices which claimed the forfeit of his life.

Source: A Tale of Two Cities (Original Version)

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