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treasonably
adverb
formaluk /ˈtriː.zən.ə.bli/ us /ˈtriː.zən.ə.bli/(alsotreasonously)
in a way that harms, or is considered to harm, your country or government, especially by helping its enemies:
They had cooperated treasonably with the Nazis during the war.
She was being investigated for treasonably plotting against the government.
He treasonously passed state secrets to foreign agents.
The president said that the opposition leader had behaved treasonably and would therefore be arrested and put on trial.
The anonymous pamphlet treasonably suggested that the queen should be stripped of her powers.
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