coup d'etat

Noun

Meaning

a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force

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Legalisation of the Communist Party is a real coup d'état. Manuel Fraga Iribarne

In two years, there were 22 military coups d'etat, essentially in Africa and the third world. The coup d'etat of Algiers, in 1965, is what opened the path. Ahmed Ben Bella

This is nothing but a coup d'etat. It's a dictatorship motion. They are telling everybody in the last election their vote doesn't count. Rob Ford

Dogs howled, sensing the drama. Without Seriati(General), the president would never have left the country, it was a coup d'état ... helped by secret outside influences. Leila Ben Ali

Remember Bulgaria, where the leadership of our Party, took up a "neutral," but in fact opportunist, position with regard to the coup d'état of June 9, 1923. Georgi Dimitrov

There is nothing more undemocratic and corrosive to the rule of law than a coup d'état. Alfred de Zayas

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