Another word for coup

coup Synonyms

coup

Maneuver
stratagem, move, stroke, masterstroke; see achievement 2, tactics.
Revolution
upset, overthrow, coup d'Ã©tat (French); see revolution 2.

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The emperor's first great coup thus failed.
He left Paris after the coup d'etat of 1851 and spent nine years in England.
After the coup d'etat of 1851 he retired from public life.
He was suddenly placed under arrest owing to intrigues or suspicions of the men raised to power by the coup d'etat of Thermidor 9-10 (July 27-28) 1794.
The murder of three men of the Baltic Landeswehr led to the coup of April 16 1919, by the proclamation of the Government of a Lettish clergyman, Needra.

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