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Type Words
Synonyms camarilla, faction, junto
Type of ingroup, camp, clique, coterie, pack, inner circle
Type Words
Synonyms complot, conjure, conspire, machinate
Type of plot
Has types coconspire
Type Words
Synonyms conspiracy
Type of secret plan, game, plot
Has types gunpowder plot

Examples of cabal

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For every formal chain of command, there is a shadowy informal cabal of clerics.
From the philly.com
She began to form her own cabal and also benefited from the support of the king.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The result of the corrupt nepotistic cabal that ran Ireland these last 90 years.
From the guardian.co.uk
Syria's ruling family is said to run the country like a tight-knit mafia cabal.
From the guardian.co.uk
Then the investment end of art cabal is willing to buy into the new anointed one.
From the latimes.com
Omar, I opened a mediation cabal case just before you stopped editing about this.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The PO is painted as an insidious, shady, anti-Polish cabal in hock to Russia.
From the economist.com
Aside from a small cabal of Occupy Wall Street protesters, the crowd lapped it up.
From the independent.co.uk
He would not make a deal, he would not trade votes, he would not join a cabal.
From the time.com
More examples
  • A clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
  • Conspire: engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; "They conspired to overthrow the government"
  • Conspiracy: a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
  • A cabal is a number of people greater than two together in some close design, usually to promote their private views and interests in a church, state, or other community, often by . ...
  • The Cabal is a comic book secret society of supervillains and antiheroes in Marvel Comics' main shared universe. The group was formed in the Dark Reign storyline very shortly after the Secret Invasion event.
  • Cabal is a novel by Michael Dibdin, and the third entry in the Aurelio Zen series.
  • Cabal is a 1988 horror novella by British author Clive Barker. It was originally published in the United States as part of a collection comprising the novella and several short stories.
  • The Cabal was, or perhaps is, a grouping of set theorists in Southern California, particularly at UCLA and Caltech, perhaps also at UC Irvine. ...
  • The Haskell Cabal is the Common Architecture for Building Applications and Libraries; it aids in the packaging and distribution of software packages. It is contained in the Haskell Platform.