golpe
- noun
- /ˈɡoʊlpeɪ/
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golpe de estado
- The catalyst for change was the golpe of February 1989, ending General Alfredo Stroessner's 35-year regime.
Examples
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His life has spanned an era of Paraguayan politics characterized by dozens of cuartelazos (barracks revolts), threats of golpes, and eight successful coups.
Academic text (1992) -
As chief executive, Stroessner only identified with the century-old, 800,000-member Colorado party after his 1954 golpe.
Academic text (1992) -
Background to the 1989 golpe
Academic text (1992) -
The planned golpe is thus reflected back onto the group as if an image in a mirror; it is but a reflection of their own inner desires and conflicts and bears no relation to the outside world.
Academic text (1990) -
Yet these same factors produced an increased elan, potency, and confidence that upgraded the military's ability to administer a golpe when the Stronato began to show signs of decline.
Academic text (1992) -
Yet, in its lack of foundation in the world of real politics and in its purely visceral, reactive nature, the golpe is but an escape, yet another fantasy designed to stave off confrontation with self-doubt and failure.
Academic text (1990) -
The military executed a swift golpe that overthrew the democratically elected government.
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In 1973, a golpe in Chile led to years of political turmoil and repression.
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After the golpe, many political leaders were imprisoned or forced into exile.
Synonyms
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8.1
A sudden illegal act by a small group to take control of a government
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5.4
A sudden illegal action to seize control of a country's government by force
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6.1
The removal of a leader or government from power, often by force
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9.3
Taking power, position, property or rights without the legal right to do so
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9.9
A sudden illegal attempt to take over a government by force
A sudden illegal takeover of a country's government by force
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Etymology
The word golpe keeps the idea of a 'blow', and in politics a golpe de Estado is like a sudden 'blow' to the state when a small group or the military takes power by force.