junta
noun
a small group ruling a country, especially immediately after a coup d'état and before a legally constituted government has been instituted.
juntas
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pluralof junta.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Benin officials suspect Tigri, Samary and the sergeant have found shelter with one of the neighboring military juntas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Burkina Faso and Mali, which are both led by military juntas, responded in statements issued separately by their foreign ministries, seen Wednesday by AFP.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
He now has to do business with neighbours led by hostile military juntas -- notably in Burkina Faso -- which are battling jihadists.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2025
"The juntas are professionally unprepared for the rigours of governance."
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025
Lopez was emboldened by the support which the Cuban juntas promised him, but he did not find all of the men who had accompanied him on the Cardenas expedition as confident as he was himself.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 3 by Willis Fletcher Johnson
