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Meanings of auto-coup in English

Portuguese
auto-golpe
Spanish
autogolpe de estado
Catalan
autocop d'estat

Elected leader illegally maintaining or increasing power.

auto-golpe
Synonyms
Examples for "self-coup"
Examples for "self-coup"
1
A power grab was afoot, and she needed to be very careful.
Consent to kill: a thriller
2
It is this virtual power grab that will be most difficult to combat.
Reuters
3
The people educated themselves on the issues and rejected this blatant power grab.
The Irish Times
4
Prohibition, the Fed, income tax, and the power grab that happened around 1915.
Tears of a clown: glenn beck and the tea bagging of america
5
Incandescent at Parry's involvement, they see the scheme as being a power grab.
The Guardian
Translations for auto-coup
Portuguese
auto-golpe