Crime of violating majesty; an offence against the dignity of a reigning sovereign or against a state.
1 The objectors hadn't seen the original play but considered even the idea lese - majesty .
2 The question was, "Did you confiscate the property because the crime was lese-majesty?"
3 He's too much afraid of lese - majesty , for that.
4 March tried to tell him what the crime of lese - majesty was, and he said: Oh, yes.
5 We may imagine the valorous anger of our little metropolis at this act or crime of lese - majesty .
6 In Thailand, century-old lese - majesty legislation is combined with new computer-related crime laws, to mute criticism on the web.
7 Got to have a finger in some political pie, and political pies in Russia before the war were lese - majesty .
8 That is the only lese - majesty .
9 I am guilty of lese - majesty .
10 That would have been lese - majesty , high treason, sublime impudence, and intolerable nuisance to be punished by banishment or death.
11 They have conquered you already, as they boast, for the crime of lese - majesty has placed you at their mercy.
12 The reply was, "The crime was lese - majesty , although not so stated in the sentence, because we confiscated the property."
13 There has been a substantial rise in the number of lese - majesty prosecutions since the death of former King Bhumibol Adulyadej in October.
14 His release follows the appeals court decision this week to overturn previous acquittals made by a lower court in two other lese - majesty cases.
15 All they did was to stage a play at a university, which was seen by the police as lese - majesty : defamation of the monarch.
16 The country's strict lese - majesty law makes it a crime to defame, insult or threaten the king, queen, heir to the throne or regent.
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