coup d'etat, putsch, prise de pouvoir

Ray O. (United States of America)
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  1. coup d'etat
    a sudden and decisive change of government by force
  2. putsch
    a sudden attempt to overthrow the government
  3. prise de pouvoir
    a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
  4. vis-a-vis
    a person or thing having the same characteristics as another
  5. tete-a-tete
    a private conversation between two people
  6. deja vu
    the experience of thinking a new situation already occurred
  7. rappel
    a reminder of past events
  8. scourge
    something causing misery or death
  9. pillory
    a wooden instrument of punishment on a post
Created on Wed Feb 17 22:57:55 EST 2010

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