The coalition appeared to have gained control in a move that was described as a political coup.

The need to help them overrode any political coup she might count at this conference.

The result of the announcement was a political coup in the Senate.

It's a political coup to nominate the first Hispanic and third woman.

Tories want to mount a political coup on the country.

To bring off that political coup, Deutch needs a dramatic success.

"If I had to forfeit that money to make everyone else whole, it would be a great political coup."

The country has recently had a near miss of a political coup engineered by a security company.

Democrats insisted that Americans were witnessing nothing less than a political coup.

She said such an organization could help protect new democracies like Pakistan from political coups.