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 Niger’s ruling junta survived its most serious internal challenge since the 2023 coup after renegade soldiers mutinied in Niamey and Russian Africa Corps fighters helped presidential guards retake a key airbase. — Chinedu Asadu, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026 The coup brought General Abdourahamane Tiani to power, with his military junta vowing to restore security. — CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026 At first, the military junta put Thiam under house arrest, but later offered him a job in the new government. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2026 This uprising of students at the Athens Polytechnic University and their famous pirate-radio broadcasts are commonly understood to be the beginning of the end of the junta. — Literary Hub, 20 July 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
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  • Violent mobs carrying Palestinian flags clashed with police, looted hundreds of stores, and flooded social media with over 1,300 hateful anti-Semitic posts.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • More than 40 people were killed, mostly Muslims, by Hindu mobs.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of mob
Noun
  • In 2018, Shkreli was convicted of securities fraud and conspiracy, and the Department of Justice sold the record to help pay his reparations.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Rodriguez Melendez also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of conspiracy
Noun
  • Meanwhile, the Mob Museum reported, Mafia violence was also on the rise in Vegas during the 70s.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • Expanding on sounds pioneered by his Memphis predecessors, such as Three 6 Mafia and 8Ball & MJG, Tay Keith carved his own lane.
    — DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 20 June 2026
Definition of Mafia
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  • The data center industry is only one face of an arrogant oligarchy that people believe now runs Congress, the courts, the White House, state legislatures and local governments.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026
  • In practice, Mamdani, who claims to loathe oligarchy and big business, is asking Amazon to destroy over 40 small businesses and subsume their economic power.
    — Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of oligarchy
Noun
  • Despite the reactionary politics of the yakuza films, not to mention of the syndicates themselves, Ken-san was very popular among left-wing student protesters in the late nineteen-sixties.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Musk’s name is one of a number of wealthy individuals that Paramount CEO David Ellison has considered tapping for the syndicate, the people said.
    — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of syndicate
Noun
  • The discovery raises the possibility of a grim outcome in the search for the four men, which has led to El Salvador deploying 450 special forces soldiers to Haiti as of Friday to aid the gang-fighting force in the search.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2026
  • One of the houses reportedly belonged to Chen Mechan, or Mad Dog, the gang accused of launching the attack on the technicians.
    — Widlore Mérancourt, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of gang
Noun
  • That finale’s cliffhanger had left Snow’s Sophie cut out of the clique run by Åkerman’s Margo.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The level of fake, clique like high school drama is horrible.
    — Stephen Korka, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of clique

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