couping
/ˈkuːpɪŋ/
noun
- The action or process of achieving a surprising or clever success.
- Everyone admired her couping of the difficult negotiation.
- His couping of the championship title shocked the sports world.
- The company's couping of the rival firm was a masterstroke of business strategy.
- The act of overthrowing a government or leader.
- News reports detailed the violent couping of the capital.
- The film is about a fictional couping of a small island nation.
- The couping of the regime led to years of instability.
verb
- The act of successfully achieving a surprising or clever victory or move, especially in a competitive situation.
- The underdog team kept couping the favorites in every round of the tournament.
- The chess player was couping his opponent with an unexpected queen sacrifice.
- She spent months couping the deal that would make her company the market leader.
- The act of overthrowing or seizing power from a government or leader, often by force or illegally.
- History books describe how the rebels were couping the monarchy in a single night.
- The general was accused of couping the democratically elected president.
- The military was couping the government while the citizens slept.
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