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On Truth Social, comments made calling Obama treasonous and deserving of either imprisonment or execution rose from three to 36, an 1,100 percent increase.
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Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
That was considered treasonous, and he was sentenced to 10 years.
—Edward Felsenthal, Time, 23 July 2025
American civilians—including South Carolina politician Henry Laurens (captured on the Atlantic) and Patience Wright’s future son-in-law Ebenezer Smith Platt (arrested for treasonous crimes at sea)—were accused of treason under the act and brought to British prisons, even the famed Tower of London.
—Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
Lord is interviewed on the news for comment on Luthor's treasonous acts.
—EW.com, 11 July 2025
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Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
That was considered treasonous, and he was sentenced to 10 years.
—Edward Felsenthal, Time, 23 July 2025
American civilians—including South Carolina politician Henry Laurens (captured on the Atlantic) and Patience Wright’s future son-in-law Ebenezer Smith Platt (arrested for treasonous crimes at sea)—were accused of treason under the act and brought to British prisons, even the famed Tower of London.
—Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
Lord is interviewed on the news for comment on Luthor's treasonous acts.
—EW.com, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for treasonous
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Clarisse looks intimidating climbing out of a boat, as does Bushnell’s traitorous Luke, who wields a sharp-looking knife.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
24 July 2025
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There's a delicious whodunit aspect to it, too, as the list of five potentially traitorous suspects includes the operative's own high-profile wife (Cate Blanchett).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
4 July 2025
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That was the extent of her involvement in the special counsel’s investigation, which led to more than 1,500 people being charged and most convicted of trespassing, vandalism, assault or seditious conspiracy.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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Rhodes had been convicted of seditious conspiracy after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol but his sentence was commuted by Trump earlier this year.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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Two of the astronauts will then transfer to the Starship HLS, which will carry them down to the moon’s south pole, a treacherous area pockmarked with steep craters.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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My Titleist ProV1x was waist-high on a treacherous side-hill lie.—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Treasonous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treasonous. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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