Lèse-majesté

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Lèse-majesté or lese-majesty (UK: leez MAJ-ist-ee, US: layz -⁠; lit. 'injured majesty') is an offence or defamation against the dignity of a ruling head of state (traditionally a monarch but now more often a president) or of the state itself.

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