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cabal

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Definition:

1. (n.)A small group that meets and plots in secret.
2. (n.)A scheme that is planned by a secret, breakaway group.

Pronunciation:

kuh - bal

Also Known As:

(n.) faction, sect, bloc, alliance

Examples:

Three weeks ago I observed that there was a kind of cabal between four or five notables of the town of Isola, where I live. I knew them to be disaffected to the Government on account of certain contraband articles which had been confiscated. The first chaplain--a subject of Austria by birth--was in the plot. Memoirs of Casanova: “Under the Leads”

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