junta

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jun·ta | \ ˈhu̇n-tə

, ˈjən-

, ˈhən- \

Definition of junta

1 : a council or committee for political or governmental purposes especially : a group of persons controlling a government especially after a revolutionary seizure of power a military junta

2 : junto

Examples of junta in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Two years later and Séba was personally invited to Mali by local authorities led by Colonel Assimi Goïta, the head of a military junta that seized power in August 2020, to give a rousing speech against neo-colonialism in the capital city of Bamako. — Tom Collins, Quartz, 6 June 2022 The junta that imprisoned the country’s civilian leader — Aung San Suu Kyi — has responded with escalating violence, unleashing a brutal campaign to quell the nation through massacres and the torching of towns. — Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022 France and the European Union are ending their own military operations in Mali amid souring relations with the governing junta. — Jennifer Peltz, ajc, 19 June 2022 Diendere is already serving a 20-year prison sentence for leading a military junta that briefly seized power in 2015. — Simon Gongo, Bloomberg.com, 11 Oct. 2021 This is not the first attempt to destabilize Mali’s ruling junta. — Baba Ahmed, ajc, 17 May 2022 On one side is a military junta that, apart from a brief interlude of semi-democratic governance, has ruled with brutal force for half a century. — New York Times, 30 Mar. 2022 The 84-year-old former leader was overthrown in a coup d'etat in September by a military junta that now leads the West African country. — Washington Post, 5 May 2022 The military junta that seized power in 2020 has been struggling to stem the violence. — Baba Ahmed, ajc, 24 Apr. 2022 See More

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