Meaning

2 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)The crime of betraying one’s own country.

    Verrat, Landesverrat

    госуда́рственная изме́наgosudárstvennaja izména, госизме́наgosizména, преда́тельствоpredátelʹstvo

    зра́даzráda, держа́вна зра́даderžávna zráda, держзра́даderžzráda

  2. (countable, uncountable)An act of treachery, betrayal of trust or confidence.

    изме́наizména, преда́тельствоpredátelʹstvo, изме́наizména

    an act of deliberate betrayal

Examples

32 sentences

  1. He was exiled to an island for the crime of high treason.

    Його було вислано на острів за державну зраду. — deniko

    ruОн был сослан на остров за государственную измену. — Biga

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  2. That would be treason.

    Це було б зрадою. — deniko

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  3. It'd be treason.

    Це було б зрадою. — deniko

    ruЭто было бы предательством. — marafon

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  4. Tom Jackson was executed for treason.

    Тома Джексона стратили за зраду. — deniko

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  5. That sounds like treason to me.

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Translations

9 languages
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crime of betraying one’s country:
Русский
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crime of betraying one’s country:
Deutsch
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crime of betraying one’s country:

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: treasons
Singulartreason
Pluraltreasons

regular

Synonyms

20 synonyms
treacheryC2perfidiousnessperfidytreacherousnessbetrayalbreach of promisebreach of trustdouble-dealingJudas kissproditionPunic faithstab in the backswiketergiversation
Close in meaning

Word family

21 related words
RelatedtraitorB2traitorliketraitorlytraitoroustraitorouslytraitorousnessseditiontreasonoustreasonist
Derivedconstructive treasonhigh treasonpetit treasonpetty treasontreasonabletreasonablenesstreasonablytreasonfultreasonishtreasonlesstreasonmongertreasonously

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
treadB2treadmilltreasureA2treasurertreasury
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