Putsch

Learned a new word today from Abdelhamid (colleague/friend)

 

Definitions of putsch on the Web:

• coup d'etat: a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
  wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
• A coup d'état (pronounced 'kū dā ta'), or simply a 'coup', is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures. It is different from a revolution, which is staged by a larger group and radically changes the political system. The term is French for "a sudden stroke, or blow, of a state". ...
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putsch

Example: The Army, led by General Pervez Musharraf, staged a putsch again the Nawaz Sharif government in Pakistan.

No more putsches for Pakistan, please! ;o{