What does the word treason mean?
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Betrayal of, or breach of allegiance toward government; treachery.
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Treasonable.
Part of speech: noun
Part of speech: adjective
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Usage examples for treason
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She could not refuse; yet to accept seemed a treason. – The Salamander by Owen Johnson
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Then the dwarf said that he was the Lord High Sheepstealer of England, and that he arrested us all for high treason. – Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children by Julian Hawthorne
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But his will played him treason. – Three Women by Ella Wheeler Wilcox