coup d'etat

How, then, did Putin manage what some are calling an “online coup d'état?”

One month later, Urquiza, having won over the army by a sudden coup d'état, seized the reins of government as dictator.

Outside of France, Louis Napoleon's second coup d'état created little stir.

After the coup d'état, however, the government of Louis Napoleon prohibited the continuance of his readings.

The diplomatic contest so far proved just the thing to ripen conditions for the meditated Bond coup d'état.

They saw in Republicanism only anarchy, while the Emperor's coup d'état inspired them with fear of his government.