putsch — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A coup d'état; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government.

   Synonyms

   coupcoup d'état

   Examples

   Afterward, the ringleaders of the failed putsch were publicly executed.

   More examples (1)

   2010, Thompson, M. 2010. Modernisation theory’s last redoubt: democratisation in east and south east Asia. In Yin-wah Chu and Siu-lun Wong (ed), 'East Asia's new democracies: deepening, reversal, non-liberal alternatives'. London, Routledge.p98. "They have broken the democratic rules of the game by supporting popular mobilisation that has resulted in what can be dubbed a "people power putsch"."

Noun

1. a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force

   Synonyms

   coup d'etatcouptakeover

   Broader terms

   group action