How to Use treason in a Sentence

treason

noun
  • He is guilty of treason.
  • Even so, the rumors of treason ground on.
    — Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Brown was caught after the raid failed and charged with treason.
    — Christopher Tremoglie, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The cost of failure would have been death on the grounds of treason.
    — Daniel Twining, National Review, 22 May 2025
  • Trump views the truth as treason and truth-tellers as traitors.
    — TheWeek, 27 Jan. 2020
  • Or they’d be accused of treason.
    — Nina Khrushcheva, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Smith was in and out of jail as a public nuisance and, at the end, for treason.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
  • In the end, Ezra Pound was never tried for treason.
    — Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Hitler slunk out of town and was later arrested and tried for treason.
    — Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2021
  • The only fate worse than jail time for treason is plantar fasciitis.
    — Outside Online, 22 July 2022
  • Within the day, he was impeached and detained on charges of treason.
    — Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 28 Dec. 2022
  • If found guilty of treason, Jalingo could face a life sentence in prison.
    — Time Staff, Time, 1 Nov. 2019
  • What is the punishment for treason?
    — Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Manning could have been — and in previous ages, might well have been — hanged for such treason.
    — Charles Krauthammer, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2017
  • Did the founders intend for the pardon power to be used in cases of treason?
    — Gregory Korte, USA TODAY, 4 June 2018
  • Promising to do so in the event of a shooting war would be an offer to commit treason.
    — The Editors, National Review, 15 Sep. 2021
  • But writing this op-ed piece, in no way meets the definition of treason.
    — Fox News, 6 Sep. 2018
  • She was later placed under house arrest for nearly eight and a half months and charged with treason.
    — Tenzin Shakya, ABC News, 3 June 2022
  • The secret meetings, he in heavy disguise, in the years of his treason trial.
    — The Economist, 5 Apr. 2018
  • During the war, Copenhagen accused him of treason and stripped him of his rank.
    — Cathie Anderson, Sacbee.com, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Any dissent now risks being recast as treason.
    — semafor.com, 25 June 2026
  • But Kremlin officials have called it an act of treason, not protest.
    — Valerie Hopkins, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
  • Villere and five others were arrested, found guilty of treason and condemned to death.
    — Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Thomas Usk was charged with treason, and his head rolled a mere day after his trial began.
    — Aron Ravin, National Review, 15 Aug. 2021
  • Philip’s father, who was working in the army, was accused of treason and exiled.
    — Katie Frost, Town & Country, 9 Apr. 2021
  • This year, he was convicted of treason and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
    — Dasha Litvinova, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2023
  • She was convicted of treason and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
    — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
  • In any normal world, Krugman explained, this would be more than enough cause for treason.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Amber tells the team that a little light treason was worth it to fund her escape from her monster of a husband.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Trump himself had incited the riot, which is also an act of treason.
    — Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025

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