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seditionse‧di‧tion /sɪˈdɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] formal   seditionOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French, Latin seditio ‘separation, sedition’, from se- ‘apart’ + itio ‘going’ - Hu was arrested on charges of sedition.
- The clubs were suspected of being centres of sedition.
- As expected, Chihana was re-arrested within three days of his release, and charged with sedition.
- Crime, and even sedition, festered in the crowded streets.
- He was then arrested and charged with sedition.
- On her return she was imprisoned for sedition, a charge arising from articles published in her newspaper during her absence.
- Some of them, such as sedition in both its Jacobite and Jacobin forms, have always interested historians.
- The charges were preaching sedition in three published articles.
- The word from Lilongwe now is that Chihana will be charged with sedition, a capital offence.
- Tried in Hanoi on charges of sedition, he died under house arrest in Hue fifteen years later.
actions, speeches etc that encourage rebellion► sedition actions, speeches etc that are intended to encourage people to oppose the government or to take part in a rebellion: · Hu was arrested on charges of sedition.· The clubs were suspected of being centres of sedition. ► subversion secret activities that are intended to encourage people to oppose the government or to take part in a rebellion: · Seventeen people were convicted of subversion following a coup attempt.· Many defectors provided the McCarthy committees with evidence of political subversion. speech, writing, or actions intended to encourage people to disobey a government:  Trade union leaders were charged with sedition.—seditious adjective: a seditious speech |