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treason

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  1. sedition              
 
trea.son \'tre-z-*n\ n [ME tresoun, fr. OF traison, fr. ML tradition-, 
   traditioX, fr. L, act of handing over, fr. traditus, pp. of tradere to hand 
   over, betray - more at TRAITOR 1: the betrayal of a trust : PERFIDY, 
   TREACHERY  2: the offense of attempting by overt acts to overthrow the 
   government of t he state to which the offender owes allegiance or to kill 
   or personally injure the sovereign or his family