puppet government
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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
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
Meanwhile, his former rival in the nationalist party, Wang Jingwei, established a puppet government in Nanjing.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 30, 2013
A puppet government, seated in Athens, functioned in both Italian and German zones.
From The Grey Book by Johan Martinus Snoek
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