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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 government
Familiarity information: HIGH TREASON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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