1 a sudden illegal, often violent, taking of government power, especially by part of an army:
a military coup
Winning the helicopter contract was a real coup for him.
Getting the chief executive job was a real coup for Jennifer.
While the information provided on these coups is relatively interesting, the conclusions are less so.
Instead, they survive by preventing splits in the elite, military coups, and, most important of all, mass collective action.
The cruder method of fomenting military coups had been replaced by financing and training civilian opponents, but the aim was still the same.
His presentation of the taxonomy of causes of coups is very impressive.
When the standard deviation of stock market returns is excluded, however, revolutions and coups enter with the usual negative sign.
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成功, 意想不到的成功, 掌權…
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成功, 意想不到的成功, 掌权…
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golpe de Estado, logro, golpe de estado…
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golpe…
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darbe, beklenmedik başarı, iş…
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(beau) coup, coup d’État…
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cop d’estat…
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