cabal

Word family nouncabalcaballer

ca·bal /kəˈbæl/ noun [countableC] formal

GROUP OF PEOPLEa small group of people who make secret plans, especially in order to have political power 〔尤指企图获取政治权力的〕阴谋小集团

Examples from the Corpus

cabal• Leaders gather in closed-door cabals and carry on regardless of what their citizens think.• The Tyrrell Society and all that pining after defunct Oxford cabals - it's irrelevant, Harry, don't you see?• People who imagine that some small cabal of powerful investors move the market often talk about the gnomes of Zurich.

Origin cabal

(1600-1700) French cabale, from Medieval Latin cabbala “secret knowledge”, from Late Hebrew qabbalah “received (knowledge)”

词汇	cabal
释义	cabal Word family nouncabalcaballer ca·bal /kəˈbæl/ noun [countableC] formal GROUP OF PEOPLEa small group of people who make secret plans, especially in order to have political power 〔尤指企图获取政治权力的〕阴谋小集团 Examples from the Corpus cabal• Leaders gather in closed-door cabals and carry on regardless of what their citizens think.• The Tyrrell Society and all that pining after defunct Oxford cabals - it's irrelevant, Harry, don't you see?• People who imagine that some small cabal of powerful investors move the market often talk about the gnomes of Zurich. Origin cabal (1600-1700) French cabale, from Medieval Latin cabbala “secret knowledge”, from Late Hebrew qabbalah “received (knowledge)”
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