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Meanings of coup d'etat in English

Portuguese
golpe de estado
Catalan
cop d'estat

A sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force.

golpe de estado
Usage of coup d'etat in English
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The presidency indicated that it viewed the statement as a coup d'etat.
The Guardian
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The famous coup d'etat of that year had happened four days before.
She Stands Accused
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Four coup d'etat have taken place in Fiji over the past thirty years.
Radio NZ
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The government accuses protesters of wanting to stage a coup d'etat.
BBC
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This is a coup d'etat for advocates of open cultural data.
The Guardian
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For insects, hijacking this pain response was an evolutionary coup d'etat.
Wired
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Napoleon had to organize his own coup d'etat all by himself in 1852.
Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era
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He has denounced their actions as tantamount to a coup d'etat.
Reuters
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The government of Equatorial Guinea has ruled out a coup d'etat.
Reuters
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Late yesterday, the EU Presidency also denounced what had happened as a coup d'etat.
The Irish Times
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Very soon at odds with the Chamber, the prince decided on a coup d'etat.
The Psychology of Revolution
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A coup d'etat was not beyond the pale of possibility.
Guns of the Gods: A Story of Yasmini's Youth
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Madame encouraged this economical eform; she was accustomed to call it Jasmin's coup d'etat.
Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist
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Mendoza's coup d'etat has passed into history, and the revolution is at an end.
Soldiers of Fortune
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It is what the French call a coup d'etat.
The Puppet Crown
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This was known as the coup d'etat of Fructidor.
The Psychology of Revolution
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