high treason
noun
: treason sense 1
Example Sentences
The conspirators were hanged for high treason.
Recent Examples on the Web Earlier this week, lawmakers in St. Petersburg demanded that Putin be impeached and charged with high treason over his decision to invade Ukraine. 
Steve Mollman, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2022 The government has opened 651 cases of high treason against law enforcement personnel, Zelensky said. Harold Maass, The Week, 18 July 2022 Others, such as former military reporter Ivan Safronov, charged with high treason for alleged information-sharing during his time as a journalist, seem murkier. Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 July 2022 Harry Johannes Knoesen, 61, a leader of the National Christian Resistance Movement, was on Monday found guilty of high treason, incitement to carry out violent attacks, and recruiting people to commit attacks. Mogomotsi Magome, ajc, 6 June 2022 Medvedchuk, a Ukrainian politician and a businessman, was put under arrest after prosecutors accused him of high treason and terrorist financing. Fortune, 22 May 2022 Shariy is suspected of high treason by the Ukrainian authorities. Artem Grudinin, NBC News, 5 May 2022 At least two different calls had warned of a coming police raid at TV Rain; after the site was blocked, the false alarms regarding police seemed like a warning shot—leave or face arrest and charges of high treason. Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2022 In May, Ukrainian authorities charged Medvedchuk with high treason, shut down his television network and placed him under house arrest. Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2022 See More
Steve Mollman, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2022 The government has opened 651 cases of high treason against law enforcement personnel, Zelensky said. Harold Maass, The Week, 18 July 2022 Others, such as former military reporter Ivan Safronov, charged with high treason for alleged information-sharing during his time as a journalist, seem murkier. Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 July 2022 Harry Johannes Knoesen, 61, a leader of the National Christian Resistance Movement, was on Monday found guilty of high treason, incitement to carry out violent attacks, and recruiting people to commit attacks. Mogomotsi Magome, ajc, 6 June 2022 Medvedchuk, a Ukrainian politician and a businessman, was put under arrest after prosecutors accused him of high treason and terrorist financing. Fortune, 22 May 2022 Shariy is suspected of high treason by the Ukrainian authorities. Artem Grudinin, NBC News, 5 May 2022 At least two different calls had warned of a coming police raid at TV Rain; after the site was blocked, the false alarms regarding police seemed like a warning shot—leave or face arrest and charges of high treason. Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2022 In May, Ukrainian authorities charged Medvedchuk with high treason, shut down his television network and placed him under house arrest. Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
- compass
- compass bearing
- compass brick
- compass calipers
- compass card
- compass corrector
- compass course
- compass dial
- compass error
- compass heading
- compass key
- compass man
- compass plane
- compass plant
- compass rafter
- compass roof
- compass rose
- compass saw
- compass termite
- compass window
- compass-headed
- compassable
- compassed
- compasses
- compassing