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military government

American  

noun

  • military governments
    plural
  1. a government in defeated territory administered by the military commander of a conquering nation.


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Mali's Tuareg rebels told AFP Wednesday the country's ruling junta will fall and that they intend to conquer the north, just days after unprecedented large-scale attacks targeting the nation's military government.

From Barron's Apr. 29, 2026

UN peacekeepers and French forces deployed to deal with the escalating insurgency left after the junta took over, and the military government hired Russian mercenaries to help tackle the insecurity.

From BBC Apr. 26, 2026

Since Saturday, Myanmar's military government has enforced rules to ration fuel, requiring half of all private vehicles to stay off the roads each day, depending on their licence plate numbers.

From Barron's Mar. 9, 2026

Among the charges levelled at Damiba by Burkina Faso's military government are "criminal embezzlement of public funds, illicit enrichment, corruption, aggravated receiving of stolen goods and money laundering", said Togo's justice ministry in a statement.

From BBC Jan. 20, 2026

He wanted England, so that he could travel with her; the Americans had barred entry to high-ranking members of the military government.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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