Not at all: King went too far and was out on his ear in an overnight boardroom coup in 1968.

But, just a year later, in 1985, Jobs was ousted in a boardroom coup.

When he tried to stage a "boardroom coup" to return himself to the executive position, the other directors refused to support him, and Horrobin resigned.

The depressed price of Abitibi's stock led to a boardroom coup.

The term has also been used in a corporate context more specifically as boardroom coup.

That prompted a boardroom coup against Mr. Ni last summer.

Mayer tried to stage a boardroom coup but failed and largely retired from public life.

The post-war seasons saw Rangers well on top, but not before a boardroom coup in the summer of 1947.

The move recalled a shake-up that preceded a major boardroom coup in 1992.

The publisher who was removed from Random House in a boardroom coup.