impiety

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The indictment accused him of impiety and added, “Socrates is…also guilty of corrupting the youth.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Just as the campaign began in 415 BCE, Alcibiades’s political enemies in Athens accused him of impiety and treason, and he fled to Sparta to avoid a trial.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

She was known for making provocative statements in class, such as dismissing as a political stunt Socrates’ famous apology at his trial for impiety and corruption.

From Washington Post • Aug. 29, 2021

So, he’d ask a person who was on their way to court to accuse someone of impiety exactly what they meant by “piety”.

From Scientific American • Sep. 19, 2017

Anaxagoras, Protagoras, and of course Socrates were hauled up on charges of heresy and impiety.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro