coup
🇺🇸
/kuː/
🇬🇧
/kuː/
a sudden, illegal takeover of a government, often using force
The general took control of the country in a coup.
將軍在一次政變中控制了國家。
a successful action that is hard to achieve
Getting all sides to agree was a real coup.
讓各方都同意真是一大成功。