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/pʊt͡ʃ/ · noun
A coup d'état; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government..
Afterward, the ringleaders of the failed putsch were publicly executed.
2010, Thompson, M. 2010. Modernisation theory’s last redoubt: democratisation in east and south east Asia. In Yin-wah Chu and Siu-lun Wong (ed), 'East Asia's new democracies: deepening, reversal, non-liberal alternatives'. London, Routledge.p98. "They have broken the democratic rules of the game by supporting popular mobilisation that has resulted in what can be dubbed a "people power putsch"."
Use putsch when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Putsch means A coup d'état; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government..
Common synonyms include coup, coup d'état, takeover.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Afterward, the ringleaders of the failed putsch were publicly executed.
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