cabal
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Is cabal a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (derogatory) A putative, secret organization of individuals gathered for a political purpose.Examples: "The cabal is plotting to ruin the world."; "Undaunted and implacable, prudent and active; no opposition of the French princes or nobles could withstand his vengeance, no cabals could escape his penetration."; "But ’tis a civil thing, said I;—and as I generally act from the first impulse, and therefore seldom listen to these cabals, which serve no purpose, that I know of, but to encompass the heart with adamant—I turned instantly about to the lady.—"Synonyms: camarilladerogatory
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To engage in the activities of a cabal.Examples: "[W]e think it very unbecoming our Prudence, that the Determination ſhould be remitted to the Authors themſelves; when our Adversaries, by Briguing and Caballing, have cauſed so univerſal a Defection from us, that the greater Part of our Society has already deſerted to them, […]"; "[…] I believed her to have been carried off by some persons belonging to a party of Jacobites who were known to be caballing against the government, though to what extent was not then ascertained."; "But the Subalterns' and Captains' ladies (the Major is unmarried) cabal against her a good deal. They say that Glorvina gives herself airs and that Peggy herself is intolerably domineering."intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary