seditions
Acts against government
Seditions is the plural of sedition, referring to multiple instances of conduct or speech inciting rebellion against governmental authority.
Unlike treason, sedition doesn't require overt acts against the state—words alone can constitute it.
The term often appears in legal contexts: The government prosecuted several seditions during wartime.
Charges of sedition have historically been used to suppress political dissent.
Betraying one's nation
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- mutinyRevolt against authority
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
revolt · subversion · conspiracy · coup · overthrow · dissent · agitation · insurgency
Unbound topical booklet
- manifestoPublished statement of principles
- broadsideFierce written assault
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- agitpropPolitical art for causes
leaflet · samizdat · underground · inflammatory · incitement · rhetoric · oratory · rabble-rousing
Formal charge from jury
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- chargeCost or accusation
- statuteEnacted written rule
- treasonBetraying one's nation
felony · espionage · subversive · banned · outlawed · censorship · tribunal · detention
treason
Betraying one's nation
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- mutinyRevolt against authority
uprising · revolt · subversion · conspiracy · coup · overthrow · dissent · agitation · insurgency · incitement
pamphlet
Unbound topical booklet
- manifestoPublished statement of principles
- broadsideFierce written assault
- propagandaBiased information for influence
agitprop · leaflet · samizdat · underground · inflammatory · incitement · rhetoric · oratory · rabble-rousing · demagoguery
indictment
Formal charge from jury
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- chargeCost or accusation
- statuteEnacted written rule
treason · felony · espionage · subversive · banned · outlawed · censorship · tribunal · detention · imprisonment
regicide
Murdering a monarch
- Jacobin1790s French extremist
- SpartacusRebel gladiator of antiquity
- BolshevikSoviet communist party member
Whiskey · Bacon · Nat Turner · Harper's Ferry · Easter Rising
seditionsloyalty
Faithful commitment to another
allegiance · fealty · patriotism · fidelity · obedience
seditionsorder
Methodical arrangement or request
peace · stability · harmony · unity · tranquility
- sedition lawsRules criminalizing anti-government agitation
- sedition chargesProsecution for inciting revolt