treasonous
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Treasonous conspirator he may be, but he breaks quickly enough and gives up General McClendon.
From The Guardian • Apr. 10, 2017
Treasonous farmers were said to be growing tomatoes in arrow-shaped patches that pointed the way for enemy pilots to California defense plants.
From Time Magazine Archive
Treasonous ambition in Macbeth collides with loyalty and patriotism in Macduff and Malcolm: here is the outward conflict.
From Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by Bradley, A. C. (Andrew Cecil)
“Considerations and Proposals in order to the Regulation of the Press, together with diverse instances of Treasonous and Seditious Pamphlets, proving the necessity thereof,” 1663.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
Feares and scruples shake vs: In the great Hand of God I stand, and thence, Against the vndivulg'd pretence, I fight Of Treasonous Mallice Macd.
From Macbeth by Shakespeare, William
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