puppet government
Example Sentences
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In 1931, Japan invaded Manchuria and set up a puppet government; the world did nothing.
From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2021
The Russians left in 1989, and the American-backed mujahedeen overthrew the Communist puppet government in 1992.
From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2021
Khalid fled to German east Africa and the British placed their own autocrat at the head of a puppet government.
From The Guardian • Jan. 7, 2016
Kiev then was governed by a right-wing regime known as the Hetmanate; this was, in effect, a puppet government put in place by the Germans.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 25, 2014
A puppet government, seated in Athens, functioned in both Italian and German zones.
From The Grey Book by Snoek, Johan Martinus
