junta

noun

Definition of juntanext
as in mob
a military group controlling a government after taking control of it by force A military junta quickly seized power in the country.

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Recent Examples of junta The new season offers a bunch of new faces, because what the show needed was new characters, with James Norton the best of the lot as Ormund Hightower, an ally to the Alicent/Aemond/Aegon power junta whose own motivations are only slowly revealing themselves. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026 But when Regina sang the national anthem at a military sporting event in 1972, fans read the act as synonymous with support of the junta. — Lily Goldberg, Pitchfork, 13 June 2026 China is one of a small number of countries to have endorsed Myanmar's recent election conducted by the military junta that carried out the 2021 coup, a vote that most Western countries and human rights groups have dismissed as a sham. — Wai Moe, NPR, 12 June 2026 The second World Cup, in 1934, was held in Benito Mussolini’s Italy and served his blustery model of fascism; 1978’s edition took place in Argentina, in the middle of its military junta and the disappearance of tens of thousands of dissidents. — Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 7 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for junta
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  1. mob
  2. conspiracy
  3. Mafia
  4. oligarchy
  5. syndicate
  6. gang
  7. clique
Noun
  • As much as Kelly might be milking this attention, being subjected to such a high-level threat can arouse serious menace from the acolyte mobs.
    — Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
  • Lander did not feel the need to appease the Zionist mob by softening his rhetoric.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
Definition of mob
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  • The department is also targeting Omar Cantu-Montalvo, a Mexican native who joined a conspiracy to distribute more than 10 pounds of cocaine months before applying for citizenship in 2005.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 20 July 2026
  • Iza has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy against rights, wire fraud, tax evasion, and conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery in California and Connecticut and awaits sentencing.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 20 July 2026
Definition of conspiracy
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  • The series follows the Black Mafia Family in Detroit and is based on a true story.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
  • On the surface, the crime drama follows the rise and fall of the Black Mafia Family — one of the most influential crime families in the country.
    — Kayla Grant, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Definition of Mafia
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  • Last year, Katz filmed a video of his new protégé shucking oysters, chopping wood, swinging kettlebells, and speaking directly to the camera in a muddy sweatshirt about how the oligarchy had screwed their beloved state.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
  • But these days, at one of Ukraine’s most prestigious universities, the likes of Pushkin, Chekhov, and Dostoyevsky have given way to such topics as Russian disinformation and propaganda, how its foreign intelligence operates, and understanding Russia’s elites and oligarchy.
    — Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2026
Definition of oligarchy
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  • The film centers on Wang Wei (Miao), a mysterious mute tradesman who is forced into a violent underworld after his daughter is kidnapped by a Southeast Asian child trafficking syndicate.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 July 2026
  • The Frenchman’s appeal centered on his contention that Mick Lescure, another former French tennis player who was banned for life for match-fixing in 2022, had made a false accusation alleging Bensoussan’s involvement in the match-fixing syndicate.
    — James Hansen, New York Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of syndicate
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  • Released in 1996, Romeo + Juliet stood apart from previous adaptations by placing Shakespeare’s story in a modern setting filled with rival gangs, flashy cars and stylized action while keeping the original dialogue intact.
    — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
  • The effect is something like a gang of glass-eyed vultures staring down at a piece of carrion.
    — T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Definition of gang
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  • Bradač’s work looked at Ramsey numbers, which tell mathematicians exactly how large a graph can become before it’s guaranteed to gain a clique or independent set.
    — Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 15 July 2026
  • The Shards imagines that Ellis’s cool-kid clique — replete with a very ’80s-looking Kaia Gerber — gets upended by the arrival of a new student named Robert.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 14 July 2026
Definition of clique

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