Swiss German for thrust or blow. A sudden, secretly formed attempt to overthrow the government by any means at hand. aka coup d’ėtat.

1920, from German Putsch "revolt, riot," from Swiss dialect, literally "a sudden blow, push, thrust, shock," of imitative origin.

Literally “thrust,” especially in German history, any secretly-plotted, suddenly carried-out attempt to overthrow a government, such as the Beer Hall Putsch in Germany during 1923.

(n) a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force

A coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government. ''Afterward, the ringleaders of the failed putsch were publicly executed.'' * '''2010''', Thompson, M. 2010. Modernisation [..]

lang=en * '''1951''' , ''Foundation'' *: "You ''are'' pessimistic today Lee. And singularly contrary, too, or you wouldn't speak of violence. Our own little putsch was carried through without loss [..]

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