pronunciamento

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The technical term for that sort of takeover is pronunciamento, Spanish for declaration.

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2016

The official text of a pronunciamento from Charles E. Hughes: The battle of Einstein is raging on all fronts more fiercely than ever.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was necessary to get the first two nations on their side before making a pronunciamento on the Ruhr and reparations.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a pronunciamento to the whole country, Chang Tsao-Tsen declared that peaceful efforts at reunification had failed and practically admitted that he was powerless against the opposition of the war lords.

From Time Magazine Archive

This caused a pronunciamento, and being somewhat fatigued with our day's work, we made a smoke to drive away mosquitoes, rolled ourselves up in blankets, and sought repose on the yielding sand.

From Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)