It's usually called a "coup d'etat", or simply "a coup".
a coup can be violent or non-violent
Napoleon's coup in 1799.
The Umbrella Coup was created on 1980-10-08.
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It's usually called a "coup d'etat", or simply "a coup".
A coup massage is a masage to the head.
another term for coup
coup du amour
Edwin Coup died in 1892.
The correct spelling is "military coup." A coup is a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government, typically carried out by a small group of individuals within the existing state apparatus, such as the military. The term "coup" originates from the French phrase "coup d'état," meaning a sudden overthrow of a government.
Coup is short for coup d'état, it is pronounced "koo". See the link below.
'Coup' is a French origin loan word into English, as I'd say you are aware since you classified the question in 'French to English'. While the word 'coup' in the phrase 'counting coup' is still the same loan word from French as is used in 'coup d'etat', for example, the phrase 'counting coup' is of English origin.