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Cabal

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Noun

1. cabal, camarilla, faction, junto

a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue

2. cabal, conspiracy

a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)

Verb

3. cabal, complot, conjure, conspire, machinate

engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together

Example Sentences:
'They conspired to overthrow the government'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cabal

see synonyms of cabal
noun
1. 
a small group of intriguers, esp one formed for political purposes
2. 
a secret plot, esp a political one; conspiracy; intrigue
3. 
a secret or exclusive set of people; clique
verb -bals, -balling or -balled (intransitive)
4. 
to form a cabal; conspire; plot
noun
the Cabal

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Cabal

see synonyms of cabal
noun
1. 
a small group of persons joined in a secret, often political, intrigue; junta
2. 
the intrigues of such a group; plot
verb intransitiveWord forms: caˈballed or caˈballing
3. 
to join in a cabal; plot

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cabal

see synonyms of cabal
n.
1. A conspiratorial group of plotters or intriguers: "Espionage is quite precisely it—a cabal of powerful men, working secretly" (Frank Conroy).
2. A secret scheme or plot.
intr.v. ca·balled, ca·bal·ling, ca·bals
To form a cabal; conspire.

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