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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Francis was head of Argentina’s Jesuit order during those violent years, when the junta targeted radical clerics and priests who worked with the poor.
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Almudena Calatrava and Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Short of troops, the junta activated mandatory conscription last year, even forcibly recruiting hundreds of Rohingya Muslims – an ethnic group whose members have long been persecuted, killed, and denied citizenship by the junta.
—Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2025
Political stake The devastating earthquake struck at a time when the military junta had suffered battlefield defeats, losing control of substantial territories in Myanmar while its opponents advanced.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
That earlier cyclone provided an opportunity for the junta to present a different face to the international community.
—Tharaphi Than, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
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Almudena Calatrava and Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Short of troops, the junta activated mandatory conscription last year, even forcibly recruiting hundreds of Rohingya Muslims – an ethnic group whose members have long been persecuted, killed, and denied citizenship by the junta.
—Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2025
Political stake The devastating earthquake struck at a time when the military junta had suffered battlefield defeats, losing control of substantial territories in Myanmar while its opponents advanced.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
That earlier cyclone provided an opportunity for the junta to present a different face to the international community.
—Tharaphi Than, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Junta.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junta. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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