sedition
noun
se·di·tion
si-ˈdi-shən 
: incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority
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The leaders of the group have been arrested and charged with sedition.
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Hundreds of convicts got full pardons; 14 members of far-right groups accused of sedition had their sentences commuted; and all others with ongoing cases will eventually have their charges dismissed.
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Jonathan Swan, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
Multiple members of the Proud Boys were convicted of sedition related to Jan. 6, including the group’s former chairman, Miami-native Enrique Tarrio, who was also pardoned by Trump.
—Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
Presidents can pardon violent criminals convicted of sedition and violence in defense of their politics.
—Axios, 22 Jan. 2025
President Trump commuted the sentences of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys leaders convicted of sedition in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack — but Enrique Tarrio, former national chair of the Proud Boys, received a full pardon.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
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Jonathan Swan, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
Multiple members of the Proud Boys were convicted of sedition related to Jan. 6, including the group’s former chairman, Miami-native Enrique Tarrio, who was also pardoned by Trump.
—Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
Presidents can pardon violent criminals convicted of sedition and violence in defense of their politics.
—Axios, 22 Jan. 2025
President Trump commuted the sentences of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys leaders convicted of sedition in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack — but Enrique Tarrio, former national chair of the Proud Boys, received a full pardon.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Sedition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sedition. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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sedition
noun
se·di·tion
si-ˈdish-ən
: the stirring up of feelings against lawful authority
Legal Definition
sedition
noun
se·di·tion
si-ˈdi-shən
: the crime of creating a revolt, disturbance, or violence against lawful civil authority with the intent to cause its overthrow or destruction compare criminal syndicalism, sabotage
seditiously
adverb
Etymology
Latin seditio, literally, separation, from sed apart + itio act of going, from ire to go
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