lèse majesté
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Visitors should be aware that lèse majesté cases can be brought by any Thai citizen — no matter what country they reside in, and at any time, against any other individual, Thai or foreign.
From Time ● Oct. 17, 2016
Both Pongsak and a woman detained in a separate lèse majesté case said they were forced to reveal their passwords to their interrogators.
From Reuters ● Sep. 3, 2015
Touching her is an act of lèse majesté, as Michelle Obama discovered.
From Time ● Sep. 25, 2014
As with the popular children's work, The Queen's Knickers, The Uncommon Reader is a piece of audacious lèse majesté which, in an earlier age, would have put its author's head on a spike.
From The Guardian ● May 29, 2012
He accused him of lèse majesté, and gave the names of his witnesses without Gabinius answering a word.
From The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Evelyn S. Shuckburgh
