A sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force.
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1 Banking group Abbey National today said it had received a takeover approach.
2 British property group Minerva said today it had received a takeover approach.
3 A farcical energy deal has given rise to a new takeover tactic.
4 The London market opened strongly today amid takeover speculation over broadcaster ITV.
5 It recently completed the cross-Atlantic takeover of alternative trading venue Chi-X Europe.
1 Amnesty International said coup leaders had arrested several members of Toure's government.
2 France and Germany condemned the coup , with the UN expressing serious concern.
3 However the union's latest venture could yet be its most successful coup .
4 The army seized power weeks later in a coup on May 22.
5 The coup in Haiti has been the site of state-sponsored political violence.
1 The putsch lasted a week and the government was restored last Wednesday.
2 The Communist putsch in Germany was smashed by the German government.
3 The army denied a putsch was imminent, saying police could handle the protests.
4 It's only a matter of time before putsch comes to shove.
5 A decade later, rivals waged a short-lived putsch against Chavez himself.
1 The presidency indicated that it viewed the statement as a coup d'etat .
2 The famous coup d'etat of that year had happened four days before.
3 Four coup d'etat have taken place in Fiji over the past thirty years.
4 The government accuses protesters of wanting to stage a coup d'etat .
5 This is a coup d'etat for advocates of open cultural data.
6 For insects, hijacking this pain response was an evolutionary coup d'etat .
7 Napoleon had to organize his own coup d'etat all by himself in 1852.
8 He has denounced their actions as tantamount to a coup d'etat .
9 The government of Equatorial Guinea has ruled out a coup d'etat .
10 Late yesterday, the EU Presidency also denounced what had happened as a coup d'etat .
11 Very soon at odds with the Chamber, the prince decided on a coup d'etat .
12 A coup d'etat was not beyond the pale of possibility.
13 Madame encouraged this economical eform; she was accustomed to call it Jasmin's coup d'etat .
14 Mendoza's coup d'etat has passed into history, and the revolution is at an end.
15 It is what the French call a coup d'etat .
16 This was known as the coup d'etat of Fructidor.
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