Meanings of treasonable designs in English

In 1661 he was sent to the Tower, on suspicion of treasonable designs.

Lord Paget and Charles Arundel, who had been engaged with him in treasonable designs, immediately withdrew beyond sea.

Their ignorance has been trifled with by men who cover treasonable designs with a pretence of local patriotism.

The entries confirm in every particular the statements of Truxton, Bollman, and others, and repudiate the idea of treasonable designs.

A copy of a letter found directed to Cromwell accused Sir Henry of treasonable designs in conjunction with papists and recusants.

He accused the Archduke of keeping up a secret understanding with the enemy, and of cherishing treasonable designs on the crown of Hungary.

The veneration for the constitution, usually a powerful check to treasonable designs, had been lately violated by the usurpations of Marius and Sylla.

Senaia had promised to put the citadel into his hands, and this had certainly been executed but for an accident that discovered his treasonable designs.