treason

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Judge Richard Parker agreed with the prosecutors, holding that treason may be committed “wherever allegiance is due.”

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

Raleigh may be displaying intensity, but the idea that a gentle fist bump of a current MLB teammate is treason is a special brand of absurd.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

Mossadegh soon turned himself in, was convicted of treason, served time in prison, and died under house arrest in 1967.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

The last was Charles I, who was arrested in 1646 and executed three years later for treason.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

Richard Rumbold, a Puritan soldier convicted of treason in 1685, who spoke the words from the gallows.

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