English-Czech translations for coup

• puč
  Bez referend se bude jednat o puč - jak v malých, tak velkých zemích. Without referendums it will be a coup - in both the small and the big countries.
  Vojenské puče jsou už staromódní, na jejich místo nastupují státní převraty vyvolané soudci. Military coups are now old-fashioned and are being replaced by a coup d'état by the judiciary.
  Reakce Africké unie na puč byla podle očekávání nevýrazná. Predictably, the African Union's response to the coup has been lamentably lacklustre.

Definition of coup

• A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act
• A blow against an enemy delivered in a way that shows bravery
• A coup d'état
• A takeover of one group by another
• One of various named strategies employed by the declarer to win more tricks, such as the Bath coup
• To make a coup

Related words

• couple
• coupon
• uncouple
• coupé
• coupling
• couplet
• recoup
• optocoupler
• photocoupler