insurrection

Example Sentences

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According to Ekane's lawyers, he was accused of hostility against the state, incitement to revolt, and calls for insurrection.

From BBC

Jihadists have for 16 years been waging an insurrection in the northeast with the aim of establishing a Caliphate.

From Barron's

The aim, one government source told me, is to "instigate an insurrection, so that people go against the government in Kyiv… they are trying to destroy social cohesion."

From BBC

Days later, the US House of Representatives voted to impeach the president on a count of "incitement of insurrection" and the Senate later acquitted him.

From BBC

Yoon remains on trial for insurrection and other offences linked to his declaration of martial law.

From Barron's