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Treason vs. Coup — What's the Difference?

Treason vs. Coup — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Treason and Coup

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Treason

Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplomats, or its secret services for a hostile and foreign power, or attempting to kill its head of state.

Coup

A brilliantly executed stratagem; a triumph.

Treason

The betrayal of allegiance toward one's own country, especially by committing hostile acts against it or aiding its enemies in committing such acts.

Coup

A coup d'état.

Treason

The betrayal of someone's trust or confidence.
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Coup

A sudden appropriation of leadership or power; a takeover
A boardroom coup.

Treason

The crime of betraying one’s own country.

Coup

Among certain Native American peoples, a feat of bravery performed in battle, especially the touching of an enemy's body without causing injury.

Treason

An act of treachery, betrayal of trust or confidence.

Coup

A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act.

Treason

The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance, or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power; disloyalty; treachery.
The treason of the murthering in the bed.

Coup

A blow against an enemy delivered in a way that shows bravery.

Treason

Loosely, the betrayal of any trust or confidence; treachery; perfidy.
If he be false, she shall his treason see.

Coup

A coup d'état.

Treason

A crime that undermines the offender's government

Coup

(by extension) A takeover of one group by another.

Treason

Disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior

Coup

A single roll of the wheel at roulette, or a deal in rouge et noir.

Treason

An act of deliberate betrayal

Coup

(bridge) One of various named strategies employed by the declarer to win more tricks, such as the Bath coup.

Coup

(intransitive) To make a coup.

Coup

A sudden stroke delivered with promptness and force; - used also in various ways to convey the idea of an unexpected, clever, and successful tactic or stratagem.

Coup

A single roll of the wheel at roulette, or a deal at rouge et noir.

Coup

Among some tribes of North American Indians especially of the Great Plains, the act of striking or touching an enemy in warfare with the hand or at close quarters, as with a short stick, in such a manner as by custom to entitle the doer to count the deed an act of bravery; hence, any of various other deeds recognized by custom as acts of bravery or honor.
While the coup was primarily, and usually, a blow with something held in the hand, other acts in warfare which involved great danger to him who performed them were also reckoned coups by some tribes.
Among the Blackfeet the capture of a shield, bow, gun, war bonnet, war shirt, or medicine pipe was deemed a coup.

Coup

To make a coup.
Woe to the Sioux if the Northern Cheyennes get a chance to coup !

Coup

A sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force

Coup

A brilliant and notable success

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