treason
The crime of betraying one’s own countryThe crime of betraying one’s own country.
» He was exiled to an island for the crime of high treason.
Он был сослан на остров за государственную измену.
Його було вислано на острів за державну зраду.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The crime of betraying one’s own country.
Verrat, Landesverrat
госуда́рственная изме́наgosudárstvennaja izména, госизме́наgosizména, преда́тельствоpredátelʹstvo
зра́даzráda, держа́вна зра́даderžávna zráda, держзра́даderžzráda
(countable, uncountable)An act of treachery, betrayal of trust or confidence.
изме́наizména, преда́тельствоpredátelʹstvo, изме́наizména
an act of deliberate betrayal
Examples
32 sentencesHe was exiled to an island for the crime of high treason.
Його було вислано на острів за державну зраду.
ruОн был сослан на остров за государственную измену.
That would be treason.
Це було б зрадою.
It'd be treason.
Це було б зрадою.
ruЭто было бы предательством.
Tom Jackson was executed for treason.
Тома Джексона стратили за зраду.
That sounds like treason to me.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English tresoun, treison, from Anglo-Norman treson, from Old French traïson (“From Middle English tresoun, treison, from Anglo-Norman treson, from Old French traïson (“treason”), from trair, or from Latin trāditiō (“a giving up, handing over, surrender, delivery, tradition”), from trādō (“give up, hand over, deliver over, betray”, verb), from trāns- (“over, across”) + dō (“give”). Doublet of tradition and traitor; also related to betray.
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Forms
plural: treasonsSynonyms
20 synonyms- a crime that undermines the offender's government:high treasonlese majesty
- disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior:subversivenesstraitorousness
- an act of deliberate betrayal:treacherybetrayalperfidy
Word family
21 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable