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cabal

[kuh-bal, kuh-bawl]

noun

  1. a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.

    Synonyms: , , , ,
  2. the plots and schemes of such a group; intrigue.

  3. a clique, as in artistic, literary, or theatrical circles.



verb (used without object)

caballed, caballing 
  1. to form a cabal; intrigue; conspire; plot.

cabal

1

/ əˈæ /

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to form a cabal; conspire; plot

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cabal

2

/ əˈæ /

noun

  1. English history a group of ministers of Charles II that governed from 1667–73: consisting of Clifford, Ashley, Buckingham, Arlington, and Lauderdale

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • caballer noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cabal1

First recorded in 1610–20, for an earlier sense; earlier cabbal, from Medieval Latin cabbala; kabbalah
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cabal1

C17: from French cabale, from Medieval Latin cabala; see cabbala

Origin of cabal2

see kabbalah ; by a coincidence, the initials of Charles II's ministers can be arranged to form this word
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The central QAnon belief is that a secret cabal of Satanic pedophilic Democrats runs much of the world and that Trump is prophesied to be a savior who will expose them all.

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Mr Underhill reportedly claimed that a cabal of CIA agents was behind the assassination, a theory openly published in Ramparts, a left-wing magazine, in 1967.

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It is as though Musk and his cabal at the newly created Department of Government Efficiency have picked up a whistleblower retaliator’s playbook and are using it against the entire federal civil service.

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It was a small but telling detail that demonstrated how the academy wants to be perceived after years of being portrayed as a shadowy record-industry cabal.

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As any student of the Kings will know, the point is not to conjure up some Pizzagate-style conspiracy about a cabal of liberal Hollywood predators.

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