palace coup
noun/ˌpæləs ˈkuː/
/ˌpæləs ˈkuː/
(also palace revolution)
- a situation in which a political leader has their power taken away from them by somebody within the same party, etc.
- He deposed his father in a palace coup in 1970.
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