autocoup
Plural: autocoups
Noun
- A coup d'état in which a nation's leader, despite having come to power through legal means, dissolves or renders powerless the national legislature and unlawfully assumes extraordinary powers.
Origin / Etymology
From auto- + coup. Calque of Spanish autogolpe.
Synonyms
autogolpe, self-coup
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