cabal
noun
[ kəˈbal ]
• a secret political clique or faction.
• "a cabal of dissidents"
Similar:
clique,
faction,
coterie,
group,
set,
band,
party,
camp,
gang,
ring,
cell,
sect,
caucus,
league,
confederacy,
junta,
pressure group,
ginger group,
push,
junto,
camarilla,
Origin:
late 16th century (denoting the Kabbalah): from French cabale, from medieval Latin cabala (see Kabbalah).
