treasonable

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Stripping royal titles was something reserved for those who committed near treasonable offenses or no longer considered part of the extended royal clan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

By February 1864, Davis despaired: "Public meetings of treasonable character, in the name of state sovereignty, are being held."

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2020

A clash with authority during Blake's time at Felpham ended when the poet was charged with the assault of soldier John Schofield, and for uttering "seditious and treasonable expressions" against the king.

From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2013

The chief or king in the traditional set-up only ever "goes to his village" - it is treasonable to say he has died.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2010

Only ten years after the passage and ratification of the Constitution, however, what were treasonable or seditious acts remained blurry and more problematic judgments without the historical sanction that only experience could provide.

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