Usually means: Overthrow of government by force.
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(Note: See couping as well.)

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noun:  A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act.
noun:  (US, historical, of Native Americans) A blow against an enemy delivered in a way that shows bravery.
noun:  A coup d'état.
noun:  (by extension) A takeover of one group by another.
noun:  A single roll of the wheel at roulette, or a deal in rouge et noir.
noun:  (bridge) One of various named strategies employed by the declarer to win more tricks, such as the Bath coup.
verb:  (intransitive) To make a coup.
verb:  (transitive) To empty out, overturn, or tilt, such as from a cart or wheelbarrow.
verb:  (informal, transitive) To subject a nation to a coup d'état.

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