Definition of "coups" [coups]

• Plural form of coup. (noun)

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• "So multi-party systems may bring certain advantages, but preventing coups is not one of them."
• "In life, though, I do not believe in coups de foudre."
• "Following the armed overthrow of the Honduran government on June 28, a state of affairs still not reversed after four months - notwithstanding the U. S.'s decisive leverage over the ringleaders in Tegucigalpa - media coverage was rife with allusions to a return to the era of Latin American coups staged and backed by Washington during the Cold War."