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Treason

/trˈizən/
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(noun) The crime of betraying one’s own country.

He was banished to an island for high treason.
If this be treason, make the most of it.
CEFR Practice Quiz
He was accused of ____ because he had supposedly betrayed his country level secrets to a rival nation recently today.

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