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Meanings of puppet state in English

Russian
марионеточное правительство
Portuguese
governo fantoche
Spanish
gobierno fantoche
Catalan
govern titella

State that is supposedly independent but is in fact dependent upon an outside power.

марионеточное правительство
Synonyms
Examples for "puppet government"
Examples for "puppet government"
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A puppet government, seated in Athens, functioned in both Italian and German zones.
The Grey Book / A collection of protests against anti-semitism a...
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That's a Protectorate euphemism for crush all resistance and install a puppet government.
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And then the Kobollian puppet government decided that the Thirteenth Tribe was to blame.
Book One: Apotheosis
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Will we legitimise a puppet government imposed from abroad?
The Guardian
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Hitler put in a puppet government here, and now that government is controlled by our liberators.
Gratitude
Usage of puppet state in English
1
Within months, Japan had created a puppet state in northern China.
The Guardian
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It involved an endless war against the heathen West and its puppet state of Israel.
Frontier fury
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The regime ridiculed Pence's hosts, Australia, as a puppet state toeing the US imperialist line.
The Guardian
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The second world war saw Slovakia operate as a Nazi puppet state, with the destruction of its large Jewish community.
The Guardian
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Serbia will not allow itself to be humiliated by a " puppet state" on its territory, Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said today.
The Irish Times
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The party, whose members have organized torch-lit marches wearing black uniforms modeled on a World War Two Nazi puppet state, denies any links to fascism.
Reuters
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Canberra Professor in public ethics Clive Hamilton has written: Silent Invasion: How China is turning Australia into a Puppet State.
Radio NZ
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This is what they did when they loosed the armies of their puppet states against the Republic of Korea, in an evil war by proxy.
State of the Union Addresses