lèse majesté

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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

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

They mentioned her mom Carole Middleton's lèse majesté in chewing gum in the presence of the Queen; they openly mocked the family's business, Party Pieces, a mail-order company that retails decorations and other "partywares."

From Time • Apr. 29, 2011

Here he continued his opposition to the administration, and was at last tried on a charge of lèse majesté, and given the option of choosing between two years' imprisonment and five years' exile.

From Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles by Spargo, John