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    cabal

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ca·bal /kəˈbæl/ noun [countable] 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
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    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)”
    ca·bal nounChineseSyllable
    make of secret group people Corpus a plans, who small


    cabal
    ca‧bal /kəˈbæl/ noun [countable] formal
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: French
     Origin: cabale, from Medieval Latin cabbala 'secret knowledge', from Late Hebrew qabbalah 'received (knowledge)'
    a small group of people who make secret plans, especially in order to have political power


    cabalBrE /kəˈbæl/ 🔊NAmE /kəˈbæl/ 🔊, also /kəˈbɑːl/ 🔊 noun (formal, usually disapproving) a small group of people who are involved in secret plans to get political power 政治阴谋小集团