Treason

trē′zn, n. betraying of the government or an attempt to overthrow it: treachery; disloyalty.— adj. Trea′sonable , pertaining to, consisting of, or involving treason.— n. Trea′son able ne .— adv. Trea′sonably .— adj. Trea′sonous .— Treason felony , the crime of desiring to depose the sovereign, intimidate parliament, stir up a foreign invasion, .—declared by statute in 1848.— Constructive treason , anything which may be interpreted as equivalent to actual treason by leading naturally to it; High treason , offences against the state; Misprision of treason , knowledge of the principal crime and concealment thereof; Petty treason , the murder of a husband by a wife, a master by a servant, . [O. Fr. traïson (Fr. trahison )— trahir —L. tradĕre , to betray.]