seditious

Example Sentences

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On Tuesday police charged Mr. Pong and three employees with selling seditious books, including “The Troublemaker,” my biography of Jimmy Lai.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes committed during the U.S.

From Salon • Dec. 30, 2025

He was also convicted of publishing seditious material on Apple Daily under a separate colonial-era law.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025

"If these ideas are deemed seditious or 'crossing the line', then I feel I can't predict the consequences of anything anymore, and I can only do what I truly believe."

From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025

More basically, Jefferson simply did not regard his behavior as seditious or treasonable.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis