coup d'état
/ˌkuː deɪˈtɑː/
a sudden seizure of power from a government
coup d'état in a sentence
“The military staged a coup d'état overnight.”
Origin of coup d'état
French: coup blow/stroke + d of + état state; literally blow of state or stroke of state'
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