puppet government

Example Sentences

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In 1931, Japan invaded Manchuria and set up a puppet government; the world did nothing.

From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2021

The Russians left in 1989, and the American-backed mujahedeen overthrew the Communist puppet government in 1992.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2021

Kiev then was governed by a right-wing regime known as the Hetmanate; this was, in effect, a puppet government put in place by the Germans.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 25, 2014

Meanwhile, his former rival in the nationalist party, Wang Jingwei, established a puppet government in Nanjing.

From The Guardian • Jun. 30, 2013

A puppet government, seated in Athens, functioned in both Italian and German zones.

From The Grey Book by Snoek, Johan Martinus