Cabal
Definition of cabal:
part of speech: verb
To unite in secret with others to effect a design.
part of speech: noun
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:
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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.