Treason vs Traitor - What's the difference?
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The crime of betraying one’s own country.
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* 1952 , James Avery Joyce: Justice At Work : (this edition Pan 1957) Page 105.
Providing aid and comfort to the enemy.
One who violates his allegiance and betrays his/her country; one guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers his country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place intrusted to his defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished; also, one who takes arms and levies war against his country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering his country.
Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust.
Traitor is a related term of treason.
As nouns the difference between treason and traitor
is that treason is the crime of betraying one’s own country while traitor is one who violates his allegiance and betrays his/her country; one guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers his country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place intrusted to his defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished; also, one who takes arms and levies war against his country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering his country.As a verb traitor is
to act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive.As an adjective traitor is
traitorous.treason
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(wikipedia treason)Noun
(en noun)- Formerly, the punishment for high treason was of a most barbarous character…. Women were burnt. A male traitor was dragged or drawn to the place of execution and hanged; but while still alive, he was cut down and disembowelled. His head was then severed from his body which was quartered. The head and quarters, which were at the Kings disposal, were usually exposed in some conspicuous place—the Temple Bar being a favourite spot—after being boiled in salt to prevent putrification and in cumin seed to prevent birds feasting on them.
