Word Meaning

Meaning of treason

- The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance, or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power; disloyalty; treachery.
- Loosely, the betrayal of any trust or confidence; treachery; perfidy.

Crossword clue for treason

- Act of disloyalty
- Any treachery or betrayal
- Betrayal
- Betrayal of country
- Betrayal of nation
- Betrayal of nation disturbed senator
- Betrayal of one's country
- Betrayal of one's nation
- Betrayal of one’s country
- Breach of faith
- Crime against one’s country
- Crime against the state
- Disloyalty
- Guy Fawkes’ crime
- Insult to monarch or state
- Mutiny
- Sedition
- Seen in theatre, as only a crime
- The first cause of crime against the state
- The original motive for crime against country
- Treachery
- Treachery or betrayal