Working against superior orders, acting defiantly against a united force.
Little Acts of Treason was created in 1995.
I can give you several sentences.Benedict Arnold committed treason.His acts of treason nearly destroyed the palace.You will hang for treason, sir!
Treason
The Coercive Acts
He was executed for high treason and acts of violence against the country.
Treason is the crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's sovereign or nation. However overthrowing a government is a combination of treason, sedition, espionage and actual violence called terrorism.
They are not the same. Treason is where a citizen betrays their own country to enemy agencies by leaking national secrets or other acts of betrayal. Dissent is simply having a disagreement with existing government policies or philosophies.
In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more serious acts of disloyalty to one's sovereign or nation. Historically, treason also covered the murder of specific social superiors, such as the murder of a husband by his wife (treason against the king was known as high treason and treason against a lesser superior was petit treason). The government must present testimony of at least two witnesses to the same treasonous act or secure a confession in open court. http://knowinglaw.blogspot.com/
Aiding a nation's declared enemy (especially during wartime), rebellion, insurrection, advocating overthrow of a [legal] government, and misprision of treason (e.g., failure to report treason) are typical examples of acts of treason. You may want to check the actual wording of law on the subject in the U.S.C.A. Title 18 (Crimes), Chapter 115.
There are some possible related words: TREACHEROUS (adjective) - evil, or dangerous (as with a mountain road) TREACHERY, TREACHERIES (noun) - acts of treason or betrayal
in the UK a crime against the crown is called treason
Treason is the crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's sovereign or nation. However overthrowing a government is a combination of treason, sedition, espionage and actual violence called terrorism.