lèse majesté
Example Sentences
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The only thing that vaguely approached an act of lèse-majesté against the head of the House of Windsor was the attendance of Mark Collins, the pastor of the First Baptist Church in Yorktown, Texas.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
The legal art, or so I was given to understand, is so infinitely subtle that outsiders were committing a species of lèse-majesté to question Garland’s approach.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2024
Thailand informally suspended the use of the lèse-majesté law in 2018, according to Chanatip Tatiyakaroonwong, Amnesty International’s regional researcher on Thailand.
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2023
The palace has not commented on either of these lèse-majesté cases.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2022
Now, were you not summoned to the Shamrag’s presence to answer for the crime of lèse-majesté?
From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares
