Word "TREASON" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
an act of deliberate betrayal
Synonyms:
betrayal, perfidy, treachery

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a crime that undermines the offender's government
Synonyms:
high treason, lese majesty

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior
Synonyms:
subversiveness, traitorousness

Crossword Clues for TREASON

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Crime involving senator (7) Puzzler Cryptic 19 Aug 2025
Act of betrayal Puzzler Backwords 15 Aug 2025
Not as bothered about being incarcerated for a crime (7)
Crime from boy after beverage round back of bar (7) The Guardian Quiptic 13 Jul 2025
Stan has claimed the ore? What treachery! (7)
Disloyalty tons are involved in (7)
Crime for which Louis Riel was hanged
Last of quartet to have motive for such crime (7)
High-level betrayal requiring time, plus justification (7) The Guardian Quiptic 29 Jun 2025
Betrayal; senator (anag.) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 16 Jun 2025
Extreme disobedience Newsday 14 Jun 2025
Thomas's initial motive for betrayal (7)
Crime of treachery (7)
Crime against a country Commuter 09 Jun 2025
Guy Fawkes' crime (7) The Guardian Quick 06 Jun 2025
Betrayal is mostly good sense (7)
Reason Is _ (7)
Betrayal of a monarch Mirror Tea Time 23 May 2025
Ultimately just grounds for rebellion The Telegraph Toughie 14 May 2025
After a short time deduce it's a crime (7)
Crime against the state at unhinged senator (7)
Betrayal Taliban's principal motivation The Sun Two Speed 08 May 2025
Act of disloyalty The Sun Two Speed 08 May 2025
For which time is given, with justification (7)
Act of betrayal against the state (7)
Betray your own country, commit ...
Betray your own country, commit ___
Tank-top: why, it's a crime! (7)
Treachery; senator (anag.) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 28 Apr 2025
Betrayal of one's country Mirror Classic 22 Apr 2025
Displaying disloyalty, one rats nastily The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Apr 2025
Crimes against one's country (7)
The motive in Yorkshire for betrayal The Telegraph Cryptic 31 Mar 2025
Atoners of treachery (7)
Act of betrayal Puzzler Backwords 18 Mar 2025
Crime against one's sovereign or nation (7)
Agent's ultimate motivation is betrayal The Sun Two Speed 10 Mar 2025
Disloyal act The Sun Two Speed 10 Mar 2025
National betrayal (7)
Senator charged for attempting to overthrow government? The Times Cryptic 07 Mar 2025
Note-taking Parisian very attached to crime The Times Sunday Cryptic 02 Mar 2025
Disloyalty from one concerned with the arts?
Disloyal act The Telegraph Quick 22 Feb 2025
Traitor's crime Commuter 17 Feb 2025
Crime that might cause no tears (7)
Clearly no motiveless crime!
Tears shed on a capital offence (7)
The crime of the corrupt senator (7)
No tears are to be shed at such disloyalty
Charge against Marie Antoinette
Betrayal of one's country Mirror Tea Time 02 Feb 2025
Betrayal of the state (7) Puzzler 01 Feb 2025
Treachery against the state (7)
Crime getting senator agitated (7)
Disloyal act The Sun Two Speed 20 Jan 2025
Betrayal Tristan's first motivation The Sun Two Speed 20 Jan 2025
Given time, with justification, for the crime (7)
The cause he omitted was violation of allegiance (7)
Crime against a country Commuter 02 Jan 2025
Actor back in cast atones for a crime (7)
Are not prepared to accept the second betrayal (7)
Act of disloyalty The Sun Two Speed 23 Dec 2024
Motive after time is betrayal The Sun Two Speed 23 Dec 2024
Crime of unruly senator (7)
Treachery Mirror Quick 11 Dec 2024
To start trouble ___ for whatever cause ___ is very bad (7)
The first cause for crime Mirror Cryptic 11 Dec 2024
Any treachery or betrayal Mirror Classic 08 Dec 2024
Treachery that doesn't stand t'sensibility (7)
"Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep / And in his simple show he harbours ____" (Henry VI, Part II)
"Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep / And in his simple show he harbours ____" (<i>Henry VI, Part II</i>) The Times Specialist Sunday 01 Dec 2024
Turncoat's first justification for seditious act (7)
Betrayal of one's own country (7) Puzzler 23 Nov 2024
It's a crime to mis-rate a child (7)
Crime that upsets senator
National disloyalty (7)
The reason he left crime
Only crime defined in the US Constitution
Time and motive for lese-majesty
No tears for betrayal (7)
Acts of disloyalty aren't so bad (7) The Guardian Cryptic 04 Nov 2024
Erstwhile capital offence: agent provocateur finally taken, 7 beheaded (7)
The titular head has cause for crime (7)
What's hugely disloyal in tense debate? (7)
First time reason led to betrayal (7)
Are not bothered about small crime
Serious offence requires time to think The Times Cryptic 14 Oct 2024
Violation of allegiance (7)
Such crime upsets the senator (7)
Crime central to the Dreyfus affair
Betrayal of one's sovereign (7)
Star, one tortured for crime (7)
The first cause of crime against the state (7)
Crime against the state Mirror Classic 28 Sep 2024
Crime that undermines government
Crime ultimately without motive
One rat's dreadful betrayal (7) The Guardian Quick 22 Sep 2024
One rat's dreadful betrayal (7) The Guardian Quick Cryptic 22 Sep 2024
One rat's dreadful betrayal (7) The Guardian Quick Cryptic 21 Sep 2024
State crime
One rat's dreadful betrayal (7) The Guardian Quick 21 Sep 2024
First two to use 21 of a crime (7)
Mutiny The Telegraph Quick 11 Sep 2024
Crime of corrupt senator
Betrayal of a country (7)
First to talk about a boy's treachery
Finally admit reason for betrayal (7)
Crime against country
One star turn nobody applauds (7)
Subversion shown by leader of the debate (7)
Eritrea's onslaught providing cover for rebellion The Times Cryptic 02 Aug 2024
Crime of betraying one's country The Times Concise 27 Jul 2024
Betrayal of nation disturbed senator (7)
Betrayal crime
Start of treachery, and 'why' it's a crime (7)
The first motive for crime (7)
State crime that ruins the senator (7)
Act of betrayal Puzzler Backwords 09 Jul 2024
Betrayal against the state (7)
Senator ruined by serious crime (7)
Disloyalty The Telegraph Quick 04 Jul 2024
Crime with a Middle Eastern motive (7)
Senator (anag)(7)
Disloyal act The Sun Two Speed 27 Jun 2024
Betrayal as tenor sacked The Sun Two Speed 27 Jun 2024
Crime and its cause after the end of Lent (7)
Violation or betrayal of the allegiance that a person owes their sovereign or country (7)
Treacherous betrayal of trees, son, or so we hear (7)
One's art is involved in treachery (7)
Capital crime
Disloyal act The Telegraph Quick 01 Jun 2024
Solzhenitsyn's crime
Treachery, a crime era's not responsible for (7)
There are no tears in it but disloyalty is evident
To start trouble - for whatever cause - is very bad (7)
Initially the motive for treachery (7)
To end the fight for a cause in criminal! (7)
The titular head has a motive for betrayal (7)
Betrayal of a monarch Mirror Tea Time 09 May 2024
Crime, treachery (7)
Deranged senator gives great offence (7)
Treachery of the senator (7)
After time, think logically: 'It's a crime'
Start tackling the cause of crime
Time and motive required for crime
What treachery to look for an inducement to come to tea!
Crime that was the undoing of a senator? (7)
Betrayal of cause by Egypt's far right
Initially the motive for crime (7)
Betrayal of allegiance
Government betrayal (7)
Crime Mirror Quick 27 Mar 2024
Tons are involved in crime Mirror Cryptic 27 Mar 2024
Corrupt senator's crime (7) Puzzler Cryptic 26 Mar 2024
Betrayal of nation
Crime against the state involving crooked senator (7)
Model grounds for betrayal (7)
Crime of a senator? (7)
First to talk about a boy's betrayal
Traitor's crime Commuter 27 Feb 2024
Motive behind miscreant's last crime
To commit it one rats perhaps! (7)
The primary motivation for national betrayal (7)
The first of the thieves has the motive for serious crime (7)
First sign of this motive for a form of betrayal (7)
One rat's shifty about betrayal (7)
First thief, and the motive for crime (7)
Patriot's final excuse for betraying country (7)
The primary reason for betrayal? (7)
Senator busted for betrayal (7)
Crime the senator finds disturbing (7)
Crime close to cricket ground (7)
Betrayal The Guardian Quick 30 Jan 2024
Disloyalty shown by leader of the debate (7)
Thug's initial motive for serious crime (7)
Thug's initial motive for serious crime The Telegraph Cryptic 22 Jan 2024
A crime against the state? Rae's not annoyed (7)
Troy has motive for crime (7)
...for atoners of crime against their country (7)
He left the motive for crime
Given time, with justification, for a crime (7)
Motive behind convict's last crime
No tears are to be shed about such a disloyal act
Treachery against one's country (7)
Betrayal of a monarch Mirror Tea Time 27 Nov 2023
Finally invent rationale for betrayal The Times Quick Cryptic 18 Sep 2023
"High" crime Family Time 27 Aug 2023
Defendant's conclusion, justification for crime The Telegraph Toughie 08 Aug 2023
'High' crime Wall Street Journal 05 Aug 2023
Tribunal, primarily, needs to be given motive for crime The Telegraph Cryptic 24 Jul 2023
Star one rubbished in act of betrayal The Times Cryptic 17 Jul 2023
Crime against the state The Telegraph Quick 12 Jul 2023
Trump's first excuse for sedition The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Jul 2023
Corrupt senator in betrayal The Telegraph Cryptic 15 Jun 2023
Crime in the Constitution Newsday 20 May 2023
Betrayal The Telegraph Quick 17 May 2023
Rat's final intention? The Telegraph Toughie 10 May 2023
Iscariot finally with motive for treachery The Telegraph Cryptic 30 Mar 2023
Disloyalty The Telegraph Quick 11 Mar 2023
Senator arranged a serious crime The Guardian Cryptic 23 Jan 2023
Trinidad's leader gets on top of cause for betrayal The Times Cryptic 19 Dec 2022
The excuse when ambassador is let off crime
The excuse when ambassador is let off crime The Guardian Cryptic 09 Nov 2022
Tenor worried about a song's introduction — it might be high! The Times Cryptic 13 Sep 2022
Charles I's crime The Guardian Quick 04 Aug 2022
Crime in the Constitution Newsday 19 Jun 2022
Betrayal of one's country The Telegraph Quick 13 Jun 2022
Betrayal of one's country The Times Concise 15 Apr 2022
Betrayal-of-country crime Family Time 10 Apr 2022
Model given cause for offence
Disloyalty Tories' principal motivation
Only crime defined in the Constitution Wall Street Journal 15 Jan 2022
In end worst grounds for betrayal
Betrayal The Guardian Quick 30 Nov 2021
Tons with motive for betrayal The Telegraph Cryptic 16 Nov 2021
Mutiny The Telegraph Quick 26 Sep 2021
Corrupt senator's act of betrayal
Twit's betrayal
Crime that undermines the offender's government Irish Times Simplex 17 Jun 2021
The Yorkshire motive may be seen as disloyalty The Telegraph Cryptic 04 May 2021
Treachery The Telegraph Quick 27 Apr 2021
Ultimately worst motive for crime
One needs time and motivation for such a crime
Spy's crime Thomas Joseph 27 Feb 2021
Agent's ultimate motivation is betrayal
Corrupt senator's crime?
Crime against the state Thomas Joseph 30 Jan 2021
Diabolical senator's duplicity
Royal betrayal?
. Very concerning having to cover up a crime
Serious disloyalty from maverick senator
Disloyal act The Sun Two Speed 19 Nov 2020
Betrayal as tenor sacked The Sun Two Speed 19 Nov 2020
The principal inducement for betrayal
Corrupt senator is betraying country
Senator organised crime against state
Finally lost sanity in betrayal of the state
Corrupt senator in betrayal The Sun Two Speed 05 Jul 2020
Mutiny spreading East or North
Traitor's crime Newsday 23 Jun 2020
No tears about disloyalty
Time to argue lese-majesty...
Senator suffering great betrayal
Quisling's crime The Washington Post 26 Apr 2020
Quisling's crime LA Times Daily 26 Apr 2020
Motive after time is subversion The Sun Two Speed 21 Apr 2020
Traitor's primary motive for disloyalty
Tortured senator for disloyalty
Compromising one's art a capital offence?
Crime rate, regrettably, male issue
Betrayal Tristan's principal motivation
Agent's ultimate motive is betrayal The Sun Two Speed 05 Jan 2020
Tense about a relative's betrayal The Telegraph Cryptic 12 Dec 2019
Senator ruined in betrayal The Sun Two Speed 30 Nov 2019
Act of disloyalty The Sun Two Speed 30 Nov 2019
Senator (anag.) The Telegraph Quick 22 Nov 2019
Tense debate in anti-government action The Telegraph Toughie 20 Nov 2019
Northerner's specific motive for being disloyal?
Betrayal Tristan's principal motivation The Sun Two Speed 11 Aug 2019
Crime against state The Telegraph Quick 02 Aug 2019
Benedict Arnold's crime USA Today 30 Jun 2019
Court at the end presented with motive for crime
Offence against state The Telegraph Quick 03 May 2019
High crime Premier Sunday 24 Mar 2019
Turncoat's ultimate aim? The Telegraph Toughie 19 Mar 2019
Cause supporting activist's last crime
Tory's first excuse for rebellion The Telegraph Cryptic 17 Jan 2019
Benedict Arnold's crime
One possible reason for impeachment
High crime Universal 25 Dec 2018
Betrayal of one's country The Times Concise 25 Dec 2018
The primary cause of betrayal
Primarily tenuous motive for betrayal
That's criminal putting last of sugar in cuppa, boy! The Telegraph Cryptic 01 Oct 2018
Treachery by liberal senator Irish Times Crosaire 08 Sep 2018
Senator involved in treachery
Betrayal without final cause
Motive after time is betrayal The Sun Two Speed 19 Jul 2018
Argue with Turkish leader and you will be jailed for it 
Ultimately abhorrent motive for crime The Telegraph Cryptic 07 May 2018
Crime against the crown in historical dramas
Betrayal of the state The Times Concise 11 Apr 2018
Disloyal act spelling end of lost cause The Telegraph Cryptic 11 Mar 2018
Three bags found, every other piece nicked – it's a crime
High crime
Betrayal The Telegraph Quick 14 Dec 2017
Traitor's initial motive for his crime
Time to debate disloyalty
Very concerning to come across a betrayal
Crime disguised in monastery, away from outsiders The Telegraph Toughie 13 Oct 2017
Trotsky's initial explanation for mutiny
Duplicity of crooked senator The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Sep 2017
Insurgent's ultimate cause -- this? The Telegraph Toughie 23 Aug 2017
Crime resulting from end of lost cause The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Aug 2017
Arnold's crime LA Times Daily 09 Aug 2017
Arnold's crime The Washington Post 09 Aug 2017
Boy on run in 6 causing crime The Telegraph Toughie 28 Jul 2017
He avoids the motive for crime
Crime of disloyalty The Telegraph Quick 05 May 2017
Stare, bewildered about betrayal
Act of betraying the nation
Stare, bewildered about betrayal
Act of betrayal in the end, lost cause
Arnold's crime
Quisling's crime
Corrupt senator's crime?
Leader of Tories with excuse for disloyalty The Telegraph Cryptic 30 Nov 2016
Crime mentioned in the Constitution The Washington Post 23 Nov 2016
Act of sedition New York Times 06 Oct 2016
Crime that undermines offender's government The Telegraph General Knowledge 18 Sep 2016
Not even three, and a boy's showing signs of disloyalty
Crime covered by Article III of the Constitution Wall Street Journal 31 Aug 2016
Charge that may be high New York Times 05 Aug 2016
Corrupt senator betraying country The Telegraph Cryptic 30 Jul 2016
Deliberate act of betrayal The Guardian Quick 18 Jun 2016
Turncoat's first motive for crime The Telegraph Cryptic 11 Apr 2016
"High" crime Family Time 07 Mar 2016
He deserts the cause in act of betrayal The Telegraph Cryptic 14 Feb 2016
Crime in which senator mixed up The Sun Two Speed 09 Feb 2016
Act of betrayal The Sun Two Speed 09 Feb 2016
Initially tame excuse for offence The Telegraph Toughie 02 Feb 2016
Act of sedition
Charge that may be high
Troublemakers primarily cause crime
Smart reasons to conceal crime
First time nearly all of 33 down is relative to disloyalty Irish Times Crosaire 26 Sep 2015
Time to argue for disloyalty The Telegraph Cryptic 11 Sep 2015
Turncoat's crime Universal 30 Aug 2015
Senator organised acts of betrayal
Treachery of Republican dividing meals available The Times Cryptic 22 Jul 2015
Logic behind Throckmorton's capital crime The Telegraph Cryptic 07 Jul 2015
Nora set off rebellion
Only crime defined in the Constitution Wall Street Journal 29 May 2015
It could be the turncoat's final motive
Crime against one's country The Times Concise 27 Jan 2015
Guy Fawkes's crime New York Times 22 Jan 2015
High-level betrayal LA Times Daily 13 Jan 2015
Guy Fawkes's crime
Only crime defined in the Constitution
Turncoat's crime
Charge by some against Edward Snowden
High-level betrayal
Betrayal
The reason he was axed?
Rat's one who might formulate this?
Aaron Burr was once tried for it
High-level disloyalty
High crime
Time and motive for attempted overthrow of government
Time and cause that never prospers?
Arnold's offense
Marie Antoinette's crime
Benedict Arnold's crime
Crime against one's country
Disloyalty to one's country
Crime against the state
Crime of betrayal
Crime of disloyalty
It's worst when it's high
Quisling's crime
Crime of betrayal
Only crime defined in the Constitution
Subject of Article III, Section 3 of the Constitution
Subject of Article III Section 3 of the Constitution
Serious disloyalty
Crime in the Constitution
Only crime defined in our Constitution
Constitutional offense
Axis Sally's crime
High crime
Arnold's crime
Laval's crime
Act of deliberate betrayal
Possible reason for a president's impeachment
Betrayal of country
Crime mentioned in the Constitution
Guy Fawkes' crime
It's defined in Article III of the U.S. Constitution
Charge against Tokyo Rose
Marie Antoinette's crime
Turncoat's crime
Dreyfus Affair crime
Dreyfus Affair crime
Lady Jane Grey's crime
Crime mentioned in the Constitution
Disloyalty to country
Lese majesty
Lady Jane Grey's crime
Betrayal of confidence
Serious betrayal
Crime against the state
Breach of faith
The Rosenbergs' crime
Spy s transgression
Arnold's crime
Benedict Arnold's crime
High crime
Betrayal of country
Dreyfus trial subject
Arnold's crime
Dreyfus-trial subject
Betrayal
Relative of lese majesty
Certain crime
"Gunpowder ___ and plot.”
Subject of Dreyfus trial.
Betrayal.
"If this be ___, make the most of it."
Sedition.
High crime.
"If this be ___ . . . "
"Gunpowder ___ and plot."
Defined in Article III, Section 3, of the Constitution.
Lese majesty.
Axis Sally's crime.
Capital wartime offense.
What Ezra Pound is accused of.
Overt act against one's country.
John Brown's crime
Giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
Edward Snowden's crime (supposedly)
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