coup d'etat

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Democracy was restored months later, after the Greek junta engineered a botched coup d'etat in Cyprus that prompted a Turkish invasion.

From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025

In the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, there has been a civil war going on since a military coup d’etat in 2021.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2023

The beginning of 2000 saw an Ecuadorean coup d’etat.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2023

"We are no longer there to be the substitute for a coup d'etat or a failing political process," Macron said.

From Reuters • Jun. 21, 2023

Almost immediately after his coup d'etat of the 13th October, he despatched a priest, named Bernard Peletus, to his son-in-law, Edward II., king of England, inviting him to follow his example.

From Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Keightley, Thomas