autogolpe means an autocoup, especially one in a Spanish-speaking country. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
Why “autogolpe” is a great word
AUTOGOLPE — [Noun] A coup d'état in which a nation's leader, having come to power legally, seizes absolute control by dissolving or subverting the democratic institutions of the state. Borrowed from Spanish autogolpe, from auto- ("self-") + golpe ("coup, blow, strike"). Unlike a coup d'état, typically the overthrow of a government by external forces, or a putsch, a swift, violent seizure by a small cabal, an autogolpe is the executive turning cannibal upon the state it leads. It is the parliament's doors chained shut by the president's own guard, the judiciary's independence dissolved by a sudden decree, and the constitution hollowed out from within by the very person sworn to uphold it—the grim, stage-managed suicide of a republic by its own elected guardian.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish autogolpe.
noun
- An autocoup, especially one in a Spanish-speaking country.“The U.S. rightly treats this “autogolpe” like an open military coup, suspending all but humanitarian assistance.”