sedition
Example Sentences
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“They fear questions regarding the cause and handling of the disaster could be deemed as sedition,” the group said.
Police reportedly detained a 24-year-old man on suspicion of sedition on Saturday.
From BBC
The penalty for treason can be death and for sedition up to 20 years in prison.
Assad's supporters are being prosecuted for "sedition, incitement to civil war... attacks against law enforcement, murder, looting, and vandalism," according to the indictment.
From Barron's
"There are harmful people around," she says, "they sow seeds of sedition. Probably they are not connected with the authorities or the state. I really don't know."
From BBC
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