insurrectionist

Example Sentences

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But they entrenched the Constitution’s understanding of an insurrection and an insurrectionist.

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2024

His lawyers claimed he was "not an insurrectionist" and requested that he serve no jail time.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2024

Prior to his sentencing, he said he was not an insurrectionist and took issue with how the media portrayed him following the riot.

From Washington Times • Mar. 7, 2023

Like all the other faux Joe Strummers in town, Jack hopes to act the part of an insurrectionist at a time and place when self-creation on $5 a week feels achievable.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2022

Clarkson, who seems to have been the meekest and most patient of men, was stigmatized as an insurrectionist.

From An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans by Child, Lydia Maria Francis