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
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
That year a fighting-trim Mao Zedong helped create the Chinese Soviet Republic, and Japan invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria, setting up a puppet government.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2012
It was still less desirable to have the members of the puppet government described as dogs of particularly described breeds, of particularly described characteristics, and particular lack of legitimacy.
From Talents, Incorporated by Leinster, Murray
