plot a coup

Frequency: 7.311.5 per million words

To secretly make a plan to carry out a coup.

coupVERB + NOUN (violent change of government)

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plot

Examples (10)

  • The disgruntled generals secretly met to plot a coup against the dictator.
  • Intelligence reports revealed that a group of ministers was plotting a coup for months.
  • He has been accused of plotting a coup to seize power.
  • Their ultimate goal was to plot a successful coup and install a new government.
  • Plotting a coup is considered a treasonous act in most countries.
  • The ambitious executives were caught plotting a boardroom coup to oust the CEO.
  • In the historical novel, the spies plot a coup to destabilize the fictional nation.
  • If they had failed to plot the coup in absolute secrecy, they would have been arrested immediately.
  • The leader was overthrown after his own advisors plotted a coup behind his back.
  • The captured rebel confessed, "We were plotting a coup to restore democracy."