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Noun: junta  jún-tu or hûn-tu
  1. A group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power
    "a revolutionary junta"; "The military junta suspended the constitution and imposed martial law";
    - military junta

Derived forms: juntas

Type of: camp, clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack

Encyclopedia: Junta, West Virginia