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Putsch
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putsch
a violent and sudden uprising; political revolt, esp a coup d'état

Putsch 

an adventuristic attempt by a small group of conspirators to carry out a coup d’etat (for instance, the Kapp Putsch of 1920).



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I am always open to dialogue, but I have no trust in the putschists.
In the eyes of the putschists, the September 2006 coup was a last-ditch defense against the consolidation of Thaksin's personal regime, which would have neutralized the military as an autonomous political force.
Canada on Wednesday condemned the "attempted coup" in Guinea, where military putschists marched through the capital Conakry and declared they were in charge of the west African country.
 
 
 
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