Cabal

Definition of cabal:

part of speech: verb

To unite in secret with others to effect a design.

part of speech: noun

A party of plotters; a plot.

part of speech: noun

A secret combination for carrying out some special plan, usually evil.

part of speech: noun

A small party united for some secret design: the plot itself.

Usage examples for cabal:

• For the rest, up to Easter Week, the Parliamentary situation has been described as " a cabal every afternoon and a crisis every second day." "Mr. Punch's History of the Great War", Punch.

• But with a majority of the Regents definitely opposed to him from the first and with a growing Faculty cabal in support, it weighed heavily against him. "The University of Michigan", Wilfred Shaw.

• After their plots had been discovered by the vigilant Secretary of State, there was a disposition to discredit the humbler instruments in the cabal "Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete", John Lothrop Motley.