pronunciamento
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The technical term for that sort of takeover is pronunciamento, Spanish for declaration.
From Slate • Jul. 18, 2016
However daring a writer's pronunciamento, it is taken in stride by the movers and shakers as part of democracy's continuing dialogue.
From Time Magazine Archive
Said Allied Generalissimo Gamelin in his last pronunciamento before being relieved: "The British Air Force, like the French, is fighting to the last man."
From Time Magazine Archive
NBC's pronunciamento beat ABC to the verdict by seconds, CBS by 15 minutes.*
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1828 Portugal fell under the absolute rule of D. Miguel, and Herculano, becoming involved in the unsuccessful military pronunciamento of August 1831, had to leave Portugal clandestinely and take refuge in England and France.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
