pronunciamento
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The technical term for that sort of takeover is pronunciamento, Spanish for declaration.
From Slate • Jul. 18, 2016
President George Meany, 71, issued a pronunciamento that sounded like a declaration of independence from the Democrats.
From Time Magazine Archive
From the Dollfuss office went forth a new pronunciamento announcing that "Nazi terrorism has become so barbarous that the Government's patience is at an end."
From Time Magazine Archive
Every other Johnsonian swagger, pronunciamento and claim is held up to the light for flaws and cracks.
From Time Magazine Archive
The oppositional pronunciamento of the German bourgeoisie may be dated from 1840, from the death of the late King of Prussia, the last surviving founder of the Holy Alliance of 1815.
From Revolution and Counter-Revolution or, Germany in 1848 by Marx, Karl
