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Meaning of putsch | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
pʊt͡ʃ

Definitions

A coup d'état; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government.

Equivalents

العربية انقلاب
Bosanski puč puci pući puco пуч
Català cop d'estat
Čeština puč
Deutsch Putsch Umsturz
Ελληνικά πραξικόπημα
Esperanto puĉo ŝtatrenverso
Eesti puts
Français coup d'État putsch
Hrvatski puč pući puci puco пуч
Magyar puccs
Italiano putsch
ქართული პუტჩი
Македонски пуч
Русский переворот путч
Српски puč puci pući puco пуч
Türkçe darbe
Українська переворот путч

Examples

“Afterward, the ringleaders of the failed putsch were publicly executed.”
“2010, Thompson, M. 2010. Modernisation theory’s last redoubt: democratisation in east and south east Asia. In Yin-wah Chu and Siu-lun Wong (ed), 'East Asia's new democracies: deepening, reversal, non-liberal alternatives'. London, Routledge.p98. "They have broken the democratic rules of the game by supporting popular mobilisation that has resulted in what can be dubbed a "people power putsch"."”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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