coup d'état

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He was known as a straight-talking, ultra-royalist army commander when he seized power on 22 May 2014 in a skilfully-choreographed coup-d'etat which ensured there was little organised opposition.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2023

Athos and Aramis left Paris after this coup-d'etat, which took place on the very evening of the day in which the Parisians had been beaten at Charenton.

From Twenty Years After by Dumas père, Alexandre

After Napoleon's coup-d'etat Cavaignac retired into private life.

From The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848 by Doheny, Michael