Русско-англо-русский юридический словарь

Conceding that the seizure of power had elements of a coup, Smith stresses that the call to seize power had been publicly circulated and talked about for some time, thereby eliminating one important element of what defines a coup — secrecy — and that the provisional government was not a democratically elected government. (Jacobin magazine)

Belarusian opposition politician Maria Kolesnikova is being detained on suspicion of making calls to seize power, as part of a criminal case, the Russian news agency RIA cited her lawyer as saying on Wednesday. (Reuters UK)

Earlier, in televised remarks to his Security Council of top brass, Lukashenko described the planned opposition council as “an attempt to seize power��� and promised “appropriate measures”. (Reuters UK)