coup d'etat
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And then real conspiracies usually revolve around singular events like a coup-d'état or an assassination.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2021
"Clung to power, and, though overwhelmed by public contempt, they prepared in the dark a coup-d'état; they persisted in refusing Paris the election of her municipal council"—— Gaveau.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.
The history of the coup-d'état is still obscure.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 by Rudd, John
The morning of the 18th was fixed on for the execution of this coup-d'état.
From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by Mignet, M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis)
The drawing of the “Lottery of Gold” was the event of Paris which preceded the coup-d'état.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 by
