seditious
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A year after he lampooned a judge in a mocking poem, he had the misfortune of standing before him charged with seditious libel for a pamphlet satirizing the Church.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
The colonial-era offence of seditious publication comes with a maximum penalty of two years.
From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026
Monday's ruling also found Lai guilty of publishing seditious material on Apple Daily under a separate colonial-era law.
From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025
Federal courts and legal scholars have long emphasized that seditious conspiracy charges apply only to coordinated efforts to use force against the government, rather than political dissent.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
More basically, Jefferson simply did not regard his behavior as seditious or treasonable.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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