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Deshdroh

English translation: Sedition

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Hindi term or phrase:Deshdroh
English translation:Sedition

07:46 May 11, 2005
Hindi to English translations [Non-PRO]
Science - Agriculture
Hindi term or phrase: Deshdroh
the word is of Hindi from country India
vijender
Sedition
Explanation:
Deshdroh means betrayal of one's country. The correct English term for this is Sedition.

Treachery could also be used, but treachery is a general term that is not specific to nations. You could also be treacherous to your friends, for example.
Selected response from:

Balasubramaniam L.
India
Local time: 11:55
Grading comment
good answer
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2Sedition
Balasubramaniam L.
5 +2treason
Tejinder Soodan
5 -1Terrorism
Deependra Pandey
5 -1Terrorism
Deependra Pandey
5 -1traitor
Anil Goyal


  

Answers


10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Terrorism


Explanation:
1. Terrorism

Though Terrorism stands for "Aatankvaad" but a Terrorist is also known as "Enemy of a country or state". In other words "Deshdroh" or "Gaddar"

Deependra Pandey
India
Local time: 11:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: Hindi

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Balasubramaniam L.: I would tend to disagree that terrorism is the same as sedition (deshdroh). Terrorism is usually an individual act or that of a small group, where sedition is more deeprooted and involves total break with the mother country.
1 hr
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Terrorism


Explanation:
1. Terrorism

Though Terrorism stands for "Aatankvaad" but a Terrorist is also known as "Enemy of a country or state". In other words "Deshdroh" or "Gaddar"

Deependra Pandey
India
Local time: 11:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: Hindi

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Balasubramaniam L.: I would tend to disagree that terrorism is the same as sedition (deshdroh). Terrorism is usually an individual act or that of a small group, where sedition is more deeprooted and involves total break with the mother country.
1 hr
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
traitor


Explanation:
deshdrohi

Anil Goyal
India
Local time: 11:55
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Balasubramaniam L.: Traitor is deshdrohi, here the word is deshdroh.
52 mins
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Sedition


Explanation:
Deshdroh means betrayal of one's country. The correct English term for this is Sedition.

Treachery could also be used, but treachery is a general term that is not specific to nations. You could also be treacherous to your friends, for example.

Balasubramaniam L.
India
Local time: 11:55
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
good answer

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rajan Chopra: an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government
10 hrs
  -> Thanks langclinic
agree  keshab
16 hrs
  -> Thanks keshab, कैसे हो?
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
treason


Explanation:
betrayal of one's country

Tejinder Soodan
India
Local time: 11:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PunjabiPunjabi, Native in HindiHindi
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rajan Chopra: a crime that undermines the offender's government/ disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior/an act of deliberate betrayal
9 hrs
agree  keshab: it is also correct
16 hrs
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