act of treason

collocation in English

meaningsofactandtreason

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act
noun
uk
/ækt/us
/ækt/
something that ...
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treason
noun[U]
uk
/ˈtriː.zən/us
/ˈtriː.zən/
(the crime of) showing no loyalty to your country, especially by helping its enemies or trying to defeat ...
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(Definition ofactandtreasonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Does not the latest impasse demonstrate the folly of not putting down by force the originalactoftreasonin 1965?
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I say that that is anactoftreason.
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The nearest civil criminal offence of this nature would be anactoftreasonfor which, of course, the death penalty is still mandatory.
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It is arguable that it is anactoftreason.
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That is an act which has been characterised as an overtactoftreason; at all events it is most unlawful.
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That would amount to an act favourable to the enemy—anactoftreason.
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I do not say that they did it in the service of an enemy or in any way as a deliberateactoftreason.
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It was said that the application itself was anactoftreason.
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Nevertheless, there has been a display of coins at an office in this country to commemorate thatactoftreason.
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This little act was to cost them dearly later on, as it was interpreted as anactoftreason.
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The 1,650-year-old curse was anactoftreason, blasphemy and criminal defacement of the imperial coinage.
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No one was ever prosecuted in relation to thisactoftreason.
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The only excuse that they found for him was that his race had predisposed him to commit anactoftreason, the fatalit du type.
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Any action by the commoners that could be interpreted by the state or the church as acts of treason or heresy was punishable by death.
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They served to identify the specific acts of treason of the accused, whose identities were kept secret until the very last moment.
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The government responded by banning public gatherings and declaring that disturbances of oil production were acts of treason.
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Acts of treason and clear serious breach of military discipline and morale followed.
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As family members have the obligation to maintain the wellbeing of their family, such a punishment would prevent individuals from committing acts of treason.
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The national government responded by banning public gatherings and declaring that disturbances of oil production were acts of treason.
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Kings usually did not judge a defendant; however, under special circumstances, such as acts of treason, they felt an obligation to do so and thus exert their authority.
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