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HIGH TREASON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does high treason mean? 

HIGH TREASON (noun)
  The noun HIGH TREASON has 1 sense:

1. a crime that undermines the offender's governmentplay

  Familiarity information: HIGH TREASON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HIGH TREASON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A crime that undermines the offender's government

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

high treason; lese majesty; treason

Hypernyms ("high treason" is a kind of...):

crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)


 Context examples 


Mrs Musgrove thinks all her servants so steady, that it would be high treason to call it in question; but I am sure, without exaggeration, that her upper house-maid and laundry-maid, instead of being in their business, are gadding about the village, all day long.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)



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