Русско-англо-русский юридический словарь

Less than a year after winning the May 2012 election, he sent troops into the former French colony of Mali to help thwart the seizure of power by Islamist rebels as they descended from the north on the capital Bamako. (Reuters)

A coup or coup d'état (/ˌkuː deɪˈtɑː/; French: [ku deta], literally "blow of state"; plural: coups d'état, pronounced like the singular form; also known simply as an ousting, overthrow, takeover, or putsch) is the removal of an existing government from power, usually through violent means. Typically, it is an illegal, unconstitutional seizure of power by a political faction, the military, or a dictator. Many scholars consider a coup d'état successful when the usurpers seize and hold power for at least seven days. (Wikipedia)

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)

The head of the Armenian government’s staff, Eduard Aghajanyan, announced on November 11 the arrest of six participants in the riots in the capital of the country. They called for the seizure of power and the violent overthrow of the constitutional order. (The Saxon)