Sedition - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |sɪˈdɪʃn|  American pronunciation of the word sedition
Brit.  |sɪˈdɪʃ(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word sedition

noun

- an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government

Extra examples

The leaders of the group have been arrested and charged with sedition.

Government officials charged him with sedition.

...the short-lived Sedition Act of 1798 made it illegal to calumniate the President of the United States...

...an act aimed at curbing sedition that was perhaps the most serious attempt at nullification of freedom of the press in the nation's history...

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