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cabal — ► NOUN ▪ a secret political clique or faction. ORIGIN Latin cabala Kabbalah (its original sense in English) … English terms dictionary
cabal — I noun band, camarilla, clique, coalition, collusion, combination, complicity, complot, confederacy, connivance, conspiracy, council, design, factio, faction, gang, intrigue, junta, league, machination, plot, ring, scheme, secret group, secret… … Law dictionary
cabal — noun /kəˈbæl/ a) A usually secret exclusive organization of individuals gathered for a nefarious purpose. The cabal is plotting to take over the world. b) A secret plot. The cabal to destroy the building was foiled by federal agents … Wiktionary
cabal — noun a cabal of dissidents Syn: clique, faction, coterie, cell, sect, junta, camarilla; lobby (group), pressure group See note at plot … Thesaurus of popular words
cabal glass — noun Any of a range of calcium boroaluminate glasses that have specialist technical uses … Wiktionary
cabal — noun (C) a small group of people who make secret plans, especially in order to have political power … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
cabal — I. noun Etymology: French cabale cabala, intrigue, cabal, from Medieval Latin cabbala cabala, from Late Hebrew qabbālāh, literally, received (lore) Date: 1614 1. the artifices and intrigues of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to… … New Collegiate Dictionary
cabal — UK [kəˈbæl] / US noun [countable] Word forms cabal : singular cabal plural cabals formal a small group of people who secretly work together to get power for themselves … English dictionary
cabal — /kəˈbal / (say kuh bahl), /kəˈbæl / (say kuh bal) noun 1. the secret schemes of a small group of plotters; an intrigue. 2. a small group of secret plotters. –verb (i) (caballed, caballing) 3. to form a cabal; intrigue; conspire; plot. {variant of …
Cabal — /kəˈbal/ (say kuh bahl), /kəˈbæl/ (say kuh bal) noun the, English History a group of five ministers of Charles II in 1672. {See cabal; sometimes also thought to be from the initials of the names of the five ministers which coincidentally formed… …
cabal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. junto, conspiracy; plot. See plan, concealment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. plot, scheme, conspiracy, junta; see intrigue 1 , plot 1 , ring 3 , trick 1 . See Synonym Study at plot . III (Roget s 3 Supe … English dictionary for students