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coup de tat

coup de tat is the misspelling of coup d'état.

Meaning of coup d'état

Noun

coup d'état (plural coups d'état or coup d'états)

  1. The sudden overthrow of a government, differing from a revolution by being carried out by a small group of people who replace only the leading figures.
    • The former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and some of his closest allies are among dozens of people formally accused by federal police of being part of a criminal conspiracy designed to obliterate Brazil’s democratic system through a rightwing coup d’état.2024 November 21, Tom Phillips, “Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro charged with plotting coup d’état”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    coup, putsch

Questions about coup de tat

What is coup de tat the misspelling of?
Coup de tat is the misspelling of coup d'état.

Words near coup de tat in the dictionary

  1. coup de grace
  2. coup de grâce
  3. coup de main
  4. coup de maitre
  5. coup de savate
  6. coup de tat
  7. coup de theatre
  8. coup de théâtre
  9. coup stick
  10. coup sticks
  11. coup Turc

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