What is the meaning of treason?

A crime that undermines the offender's government.
- synonyms: high treason, lese majesty
Disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior.
- synonyms: subversiveness, traitorousness
An act of deliberate betrayal.
- synonyms: treachery, betrayal, perfidy

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