political crime
Treason or insurrection
A political crime is an offense committed against a government or its policies, or one motivated by political ideology rather than personal gain.
The category includes treason, sedition, espionage, and terrorism.
The term also describes acts that governments criminalize to suppress dissent: Under the regime, journalism became a political crime.
What counts as political crime often depends on who holds power.
- treasonBetraying one's nation
- high treasonBetrayal of one's nation
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
- extremismIdeology beyond accepted norms
- radicalizationShift toward extreme ideology
corruption · espionage · enemy of the state · lèse-majesté · sedition · subversion · terrorism · hate speech · rebellion · coup d'état · regime change · human rights violations · forced disappearances · death squad · election fraud · censorship · insurrection · sabotage
- political repressionsecret police, show trials, state terror, police state, sedition laws
- Soviet Lawpenal code, procurator, prosecutor, counterrevolutionary, censorship laws
- public offensesriot, affray, disorderly conduct, public nuisance, breach of peace
- treasontreason, high treason, sedition, turncoat, state betrayal
political crimecrime of passion
Impulsive violent act from emotion
property crime · street crime · theft · robbery · burglary
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