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What does lese mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word lese? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (obsolete) To lose.
  2. (obsolete) To destroy.
  3. (obsolete) To forsake or abandon.
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Several suggestions have been made for reforms to the lese majeste law.
In March 2007, a Swiss, Oliver Jufer, convicted of lese majesty, was sentenced to 10 years for spray-painting graffiti on portraits of the king while drunk.
We are concerned about the widespread impact of Thailand's lese majeste laws, including the direct implications for nationals of other countries, especially at a time of political tension through out the country.
In 2008, Jonathan Head, the BBC's south-east Asia correspondent and vice-president of the Foreign Correspondents Clubb of Thailand, was accused of lese majesty by a police colonel, Watanasak Mungkijakarndee.
Treating an accurate report from Andrew Gilligan on the Today programme as lese majesty, a British judge, Hutton by name, seemed to ignore the bulk of the evidence and declared the BBC guilty.
Some members of your government are even calling for harsher punishments under the lese majeste law.

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