How to Use sedition in a Sentence

sedition

noun

• The leaders of the group have been arrested and charged with sedition.
• But then the charges came: sedition, one of the highest crimes in Spain.
  — New York Times, 4 May 2021
• The cleric, Nimr al-Nimr, denied the charges of sedition.
  — Aya Batrawy, The Seattle Times, 14 Aug. 2017
• When cyberspace was closed down, the sedition was stopped.
  — Jon Gambrell, The Seattle Times, 28 Jan. 2018
• The sedition statute doesn't require proof of a plot to overthrow the government, the memo read.
  — Michael Balsamo, Star Tribune, 17 Sep. 2020
• But judges found nine of them guilty of sedition and handed down prison terms of nine to 13 years.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2019
• If convicted of sedition, the Proud Boys could face up to 20 years in prison.
  — CBS News, 20 Dec. 2022
• He was arrested for sedition six times in the past two years.
  — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Oct. 2017
• Here are the prison sentences given to the Oath Keepers tried for sedition.
  — Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 26 May 2023
• Members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers groups are now facing rare sedition charges over the siege.
  — Arkansas Online, 13 July 2022
• They were charged with sedition, or a plot to overthrow the government, and weapons charges.
  — Rachael Levy, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2020
• Sulthana has since been charged by police with sedition for the remark.
  — David Pierson, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2021
• Román, 24, said she is charged with a long list of crimes, including sedition, and faces 25 years in jail.
  — Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 31 Jan. 2022
• These are the first convictions for sedition in Hong Kong since the British handed the city over to China in 1997.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 3 Sep. 2024
• Three defendants were cleared of the sedition charge but found guilty of other Jan. 6 crimes.
  — Lindsay Whitehurst, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2023
• Puigdemont faces up to 25 years in prison in Spain on charges of rebellion and sedition.
  — NBC News, 25 Mar. 2018
• Ruba, 28 The end of the driving ban is the beginning of decadence and sedition.
  — Jessica Roy, The Cut, 29 Sep. 2017
• Well, the people who were charged on January 6th, some of them were charged with sedition.
  — NBC News, 17 Sep. 2023
• Disloyalty, in the form of joining the glee club, is sedition.
  — Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2021
• Now, with the supreme court’s latest order, those in jail for sedition charges can apply for bail.
  — Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 10 May 2022
• To go to the government, [and] say my dad might be committing sedition.
  — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• Watkins, who is charged with sedition for her role in the riot, was mentioned by name during the hearing.
  — Staff, cleveland, 22 July 2022
• The police said that the creation and promotion of the tipsheet amounted to sedition.
  — Jeff Horwitz, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2021
• So much so that he was charged with sedition, the cardinal colonial sin.
  — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2020
• The next major milestone is the sedition trial of Tarrio and four other members of the Proud Boys.
  — Michael Kunzelman, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Jan. 2023
• Rhodes and a group of other Oath Keepers facing the sedition charges are set to go on trial in Washington at the end of the month.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2022
• Ulrich is the second of 11 Oath Keepers being tried on sedition charges to plead guilty.
  — Chris Joyner, ajc, 29 Apr. 2022
• The sedition charge carries a possible sentence of 20 years in prison.
  — Caitlin L. Chandler, Washington Post, 23 May 2022
• On today's 5 Things podcast, hear the latest from the Proud Boys sedition trial.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2023
• Nine political leaders were jailed for crimes including sedition, while Mr. Puigdemont fled across the border to France, and then to Belgium, narrowly avoiding arrest.
  — Rachel Chaundler, New York Times, 30 May 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024