1
: a council or committee for political or governmental purposes
especially
: a group of persons controlling a government especially after a revolutionary seizure of power
a military junta
2
: junto
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Weapons, dual-use technologies, manufacturing equipment, and raw materials secured by the junta from abroad reached $253 million between April 2023 and March 2024, the report said.
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Helen Regan, CNN, 27 June 2024
Meanwhile, the six million original inhabitants of Taiwan, most of whom had never been to China, did not take kindly to being subjected to Chiang’s harsh military junta.
—Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
The article relays the compelling story of Choi Byung-moon, who was a private first class in 1980 in the Chun Doo-hwan military junta in South Korea.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
The Rohingya were persecuted by the military junta that seized power in 1962 and eventually declared stateless.
—Verena Hölzl, New York Times, 3 June 2024
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Helen Regan, CNN, 27 June 2024
Meanwhile, the six million original inhabitants of Taiwan, most of whom had never been to China, did not take kindly to being subjected to Chiang’s harsh military junta.
—Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
The article relays the compelling story of Choi Byung-moon, who was a private first class in 1980 in the Chun Doo-hwan military junta in South Korea.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
The Rohingya were persecuted by the military junta that seized power in 1962 and eventually declared stateless.
—Verena Hölzl, New York Times, 3 June 2024
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“Junta.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junta. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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