You stage a coup, like the documentary How to Stage a Coup . to produce or cause to happen for public view or public effect // stage a track meet //
stage a hunger strike (source: Merriam-Webster )
In cases like this, an NGram search is often helpful.
(The * basically means "find the words most used at that position" and _VERB specifies you're only looking for verbs.)
Here, we can see that stage is the most commonly used verb.
Of course, you do need to pay attention to what the words actually mean; other top hits like plan and attempt mean something else.
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While the term stage in Glorfindel's answer is widely applicable, it implies primarily the planning and preparation for a coup and not necessarily success.
Less common but used to refer specifically to the actions involved to carry out the plan is
execute a coup , which does imply success.
M-W : to carry out fully : put completely into effect // execute a command
In the case of your example, it's possible that a coup might be staged by the United States but executed by some local organization.
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Another possibility is to orchestrate a coup . or‧ches‧trate /ˈɔːkəstreɪt
$ ˈɔːr-/ verb [transitive] (written) to organize an important event or a complicated plan, especially secretly Example:
The riots were orchestrated by anti-government forces.
(Source: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English )
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"Mount" is an alternative to "stage" stage/lead/mount a coup Macmillan Dictionary stage/mount/launch a coup Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English to stage/mount a coup Oxford Learner's Dictionaries: English
It is considerably less common on Google Ngrams though.
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What word to use there depends on what you want to say.
The term "stage" implies that the entity in question actually performed the coup.
For a outside party that has less of a direct role, there's "instigate" instigate : to goad or urge forward : PROVOKE https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/instigate or "back" : to support by material or moral assistance backing a candidate for governor —often used with up back up a friend in a fight https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back
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I believe coups are engineered .
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Foment - "instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action)."
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Depending upon your intended exact meaning, you could use "precipitate," "catalyze," or "encourage."
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The coup was ______ in this country by the United States.  It was indeed United States that ______ the coup in this country.  If the problems take a turn to the worse, then the army would ______ a  coup.   I want a verb for the blanks. In the above contexts, the United States or the army are meant to be the  main   agency  in doing the coup.    I thought about  run/ran  and  set . Are these idiomatic suggestions? Any better suggestions?
What verb goes with "coup"?
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Mount is an alternative to "stage"   stage/lead/mount a coup   Macmillan Dictionary  stage/mount/launch a coup   Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English  to stage/mount a coup   Oxford Learner's Dictionaries: English. The term "stage" implies that the entity in question actually performed the coup. For an outside party that has less of a direct role, there's "instigate"   instigate    : to goad or urge forward The possibilities are as follows: "stage", "orchestrate", "mount", "instigate", "engineer","stir up", "foment", "precipitate", "catalyse" and "encourage".
The possibilities are as follows: "stage", "orchestrate", "mount", "instigate", "engineer","stir up", "foment", "precipitate", "catalyse" and "encourage".