The body of officers and administrators, especially of a government.
Government by bureaus or their administrators or officers.
Excessive red tape and routine in any administration, body or behaviour.
A system of administration based upon organisation into bureaus, division of labour, a hierarchy of authority, etc., designed to dispose of a large body of work in a routine manner.
To make a coup.
A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act.
A coup d'état.
A takeover of one group by another.
A blow against an enemy delivered in a way that shows bravery.
A single roll of the wheel at roulette, or a deal in rouge et noir.
One of various named strategies employed by the declarer to win more tricks, such as the Bath coup.