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

After a similar grant, the 1776 constitution of North Carolina warned: "nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonable or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment."

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2022

The British government feared a repeat of the 1916 Easter Rising and arrested most of the Sinn Féin leadership charging them with entering into treasonable communication with the German enemy.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2018

There was nothing unusual, let alone treasonable, in this.

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2017

Randolphs unfortunate utterances were not truly treasonable, as he spent the remainder of his life trying vainly and in his foggy style to explain.

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