pronunciamento
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The technical term for that sort of takeover is pronunciamento, Spanish for declaration.
From Slate • Jul. 18, 2016
President George Meany, 71, issued a pronunciamento that sounded like a declaration of independence from the Democrats.
From Time Magazine Archive
Every other Johnsonian swagger, pronunciamento and claim is held up to the light for flaws and cracks.
From Time Magazine Archive
A pronunciamento in the A.O.U. magazine Auk stripped the Baltimore oriole of its name; henceforth Icterus galbula will be known by the prosaic name "northern oriole."
From Time Magazine Archive
A few days later Lafayette, as commander of the armies in the North, issued a pronunciamento against the popular excesses.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan
