How to Use sedition in a Sentence

sedition

noun
  • The leaders of the group have been arrested and charged with sedition.
  • Now what the six said, is that sedition?
    — NBC news, 23 Nov. 2025
  • He is tried for sedition and sentenced to six years in prison.
    — Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2016
  • He was arrested for sedition six times in the past two years.
    — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Sulthana has since been charged by police with sedition for the remark.
    — David Pierson, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2021
  • This sedition was a prelude to even bigger schemes.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 18 Jan. 2026
  • This sedition was a prelude to even bigger schemes.
    — Richard Hall, Time, 17 Jan. 2026
  • David received death threats and was sued for sedition along with other priests.
    — Sheila Coronel, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
  • So much so that he was charged with sedition, the cardinal colonial sin.
    — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2020
  • But judges found nine of them guilty of sedition and handed down prison terms of nine to 13 years.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2019
  • But the threats of sedition charges and courts martial in response are also crazy.
    — Chad De Guzman, Time, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Police charged her with sedition, a crime that can carry a life sentence.
    — The Economist, 27 Feb. 2021
  • They were charged with sedition, or a plot to overthrow the government, and weapons charges.
    — Rachael Levy, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2020
  • Now, with the supreme court’s latest order, those in jail for sedition charges can apply for bail.
    — Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 10 May 2022
  • He was also charged with terrorism and sedition, both of which can result in life in prison.
    — Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Lai also was charged with sedition under a colonial-era law that has been used to quash dissent.
    — Kanis Leung, ajc, 30 Nov. 2022
  • To go to the government, [and] say my dad might be committing sedition.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The sedition statute doesn't require proof of a plot to overthrow the government, the memo read.
    — Michael Balsamo, Star Tribune, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Watkins, who is charged with sedition for her role in the riot, was mentioned by name during the hearing.
    — Staff, cleveland, 22 July 2022
  • Disloyalty, in the form of joining the glee club, is sedition.
    — Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2021
  • Prison terms ranged between four and 30 years for crimes that included sedition.
    — Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 15 Oct. 2022
  • Other members of the groups were acquitted of sedition but found guilty of other charges.
    — Jared Gans, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Garland refused to say on Tuesday whether sedition charges are still on the table.
    — Evan Perez, CNN, 24 June 2021
  • He was charged with sedition and sent to a federal prison in North Dakota.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Here are the prison sentences given to the Oath Keepers tried for sedition.
    — Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 26 May 2023
  • Well, the people who were charged on January 6th, some of them were charged with sedition.
    — NBC News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Puigdemont faces up to 25 years in prison in Spain on charges of rebellion and sedition.
    — NBC News, 25 Mar. 2018
  • If convicted of sedition, the Proud Boys could face up to 20 years in prison.
    — CBS News, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Punishment for sedition under federal law can be a hefty fine or a lengthy prison sentence.
    — Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Román, 24, said she is charged with a long list of crimes, including sedition, and faces 25 years in jail.
    — Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 31 Jan. 2022

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