Sentence examples for coup to seize from inspiring English sources
He leap-frogged into professional politics at the age of 28 by staging a coup to seize the centre-right nomination to be Mayor of Neuilly.
When the militants took advantage of the chaos caused by the coup to seize the northern half of the country, some Malian soldiers defected to the rebels and others fled rather than confront them.
In 2013, a French-led military operation drove back Islamist fighters who had taken advantage of an ethnic Tuareg rebellion and a military coup to seize territory in the north a year earlier.
Some HTI members have advocated the Indonesian military (TNI) staging a coup to seize power, but, it's doubtful those statements were indicative of an organization-wide belief, said Andreas Harsono, an Indonesia researcher for Human Rights Watch.
This is everyone's struggle". The message is likely to give impetus to a movement described by the government as a US-backed coup attempt to seize power in the oil-rich nation.
A helicopter landed at the offices of CNN Turk, and soldiers, apparently coup plotters, tried to seize the station during a live broadcast.
Those in the government who are contemplating another attempt at a coup are likely to seize on this poll as evidence that they might be able to close the gap with the Tories altogether if only Labour had a more popular face at the top.
The groups took advantage of a coup in March to seize the territory.
Equally unusual has been the lengthy catalogue of crimes that Mr Chang was convicted of, including economic corruption, financial mismanagement, pursuing a "decadent, capitalist lifestyle", overseas gambling, disobeying the country's military, and most seriously of all, planning a coup and seeking to seize "the supreme power of [the]… party and state".
In 1923, he attempted a coup in Munich to seize power.
What the Supreme Court -- specifically Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito and Kennedy -- has done, is nothing short of a violent coup for the corporations to seize control of our government.
