seditious
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A year after he lampooned a judge in a mocking poem, he had the misfortune of standing before him charged with seditious libel for a pamphlet satirizing the Church.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
He was also found guilty under a separate colonial-era law of publishing seditious material in his now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 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
A seditious conspiracy charge is punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
More basically, Jefferson simply did not regard his behavior as seditious or treasonable.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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