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)