junta (HOON-tuh, JUHN-) noun

junta (HOON-tuh, JUHN-) noun

   A group, especially one made of military officers, ruling a country
   after a coup.

[From Spanish and Portuguese junta (committee, association), from Latin
jungere (to join). Ultimately from the Indo-European root yeug- (to join)
that also gave us yoke, junction, jugular, adjust, Sanskrit yoga, and Greek
zeugma.]

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  "Burma's military junta has been freeing prisoners from jail and
   then recruiting them to bolster gangs that have been used to
   attack pro-democracy activists."
   Daniel Howden; Junta Frees Prisoners For Anti-protest Mobs;
   The Independent (London, UK); Aug 29, 2007.

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