Meaning

1 senses

  1. A government which is formally independent, but de facto wholly controlled by a foreign power.

    Marionettenregierung

    марионе́точное прави́тельствоmarionétočnoje pravítelʹstvo

    маріоне́тковий у́рядmarionétkovyj úrjad, маріоне́ткова вла́даmarionétkova vláda

More definitions
  • a government that is appointed by and whose affairs are directed by an outside authority that may impose hardships on those governed

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Morocco wants to install a pro-Moroccan puppet government in Kabylie.

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Translations

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Українська
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government which is de facto controlled by a foreign power:
Русский
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government which is de facto controlled by a foreign power:
Deutsch
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government which is de facto controlled by a foreign power:

Forms

plural: puppet governments

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a government that is appointed by and whose affairs are directed by an outside authority that may impose hardships on those governed:puppet statepupet regime

Word family

1 related words
Relatedpuppet state

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pupilB1pupperpuppetpuppeteerpuppyB1
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