Definitions
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- n. Alternative form of coup d'état.
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- n. a sudden, decisive exercise of power whereby the existing government is subverted without the consent of the people; an unexpected measure of state, more or less violent; a stroke of policy.
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- n. a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
Etymologies
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From coup d’État.
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