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Cabal Common

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Cabal has 6 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue

2

a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)

3

A putative, secret organization of individuals gathered for a political purpose.

Verb
1

engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together

"They conspired to overthrow the government"

2

To engage in the activities of a cabal.

Proper Noun
1

A surname​.

See Also
political clique kabballah camarilla caballer tinc cabalist cabal glass
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
clique plot
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
Gunpowder Plot coconspire
Rhyming Words
bal lobal iqbal ambal bubal hubal jubal tubal uxbal sabal nabal roybal limbal timbal gimbal tombal sumbal cymbal tymbal global
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