Sunday Rest: treason. Word Not To Use Today.

 The Soviet Union was a wonderful place to live (or so we were told). The fact that the place had a system to stop people leaving always seemed a bit of a give-away, though.

In Russia at the moment, a person can be arrested, detained, and fined for spreading information they've seen online about the situation in Ukraine, or repeating accounts they've heard from people who have been there.

Such behaviour is, apparently, treasonous; but to anyone with half a brain surely that, too, is a bit of a give-away.

Sunday Rest: treason. This word comes from the Old French traïson, from the Latin trāditiō, a handing-over. It's related to the word tradition, which is surprising. 

Though possibly not if you live in Russia.