Definition of cabal in English:

cabal

noun kəˈbal

1A secret political clique or faction.
秘密政治派系，秘密小集团
a cabal of dissidents
不同政见者组成的秘密集团。
Example sentencesExamples
- In fact, if drug reformers gain enough political power to threaten the drug-war cabal, an alliance between the two to repress youths is inevitable.
- It is a coerced transfer of income from consumers and foreign businesses to a small, politically active cabal of domestic businesses.
- There is no possibility of a centralized cabal that could appoint people of only one political coloration.
- Indeed, cliques and cabals spring up and create their own behavioral benchmarks, codes of conduct simultaneously acting inclusive and exclusive.
- But there is always a sense of foreboding on such occasions because of the secretive, mafia-like management by a cabal of political operators.
- These events warrant dark nights, cruel rains and cabals gathered in corners.
- You have not had the same sense of people putting themselves forward or creating cabals or platforms for leadership.
- We do need to move forward, but as individual states with a common goal, not a superstate dominated by cliques, cabals and vested interests.
- It means the secret cabal of conservative scholars see you as a threat to their comfortable ivory towers which they have built with taxpayers' money, and thus are trying to censor you.
- They all contend that the world is being secretly ruled by a shadowy cabal from inside a secret room.
- They're not a secret cabal that runs things from the shadows or anything, but they are important opinion leaders who happen to be very influential.
- I'm hoping for the latter, not banking on it though because he and his cabal will do anything to maintain control up to and including criminal activity.
- As bloggers become to become mainstream and not just fringe lunatics muttering in tiny cabals, power will concentrate according to network power laws.
- Hardly a day goes past without the same cabals using the same phrases to labour the same points.
- Like all good cabals, it is hard to know exactly who belongs to the Establishment and how Machiavellian their meddling is.
- Can you vote for all the nefarious cabals that really run the world?
- In a party with its cliques and cabals, his distinguishing characteristic is that he has always had an independent streak, looking out for himself and refusing to rely on others.
- But wait, Ross reveals another shocking secret of the capitalist cabal.
- Instead, the film suggests that the sole point of the war has been the manipulation of an emotional public in the pursuit of the nefarious ulterior motives of secret cabals.
- It's not like this is obscure information known only to specialists, available only at secret annual cabals.
Synonyms
clique, faction, coterie, group, set, band, party, camp, gang, ring, cell, sect, caucus, league, confederacy, junta
pressure group
British ginger group
Australian/New Zealand push
historical junto
rare camarilla
1. 1.1archaic A secret intrigue.
  Example sentencesExamples
  In the popular political imagination we're familiar with the neocons as conniving militarists, masters of intrigue and cabals, graspers for the oil supplies of the world, and all the rest.
  If there is in existence a genuine cabal of intrigue and perfidy, the logical targets of such accusations were surely the members of the regime.
  Synonyms
  plotting, planning, conspiracy, collusion, conniving, scheming, machination, trickery, sharp practice, double-dealing, unscrupulousness, underhandedness, deviousness, subterfuge

Origin

Late 16th century (denoting the Kabbalah): from French cabale, from medieval Latin cabala (see Kabbalah).

Historically, cabal was a committee of five ministers under Charles II of England (1630–85), whose surnames began with C, A, B, A, and L (Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley (Earl of Shaftesbury), and Lauderdale). However, the first recorded use of cabal (from French cabale) was in reference to the Cabbala, the ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible. Medieval Latin cabala is the source of several variants of Cabbala, including Kabbalah (the preferred modern spelling), Kabbala, Cabala, and Qabalah, based on a rabbinical Hebrew word for ‘tradition’.

Rhymes

Al, bacchanal, canal, Chagall, Chantal, chaparral, gal, grand mal, Guadalcanál, Hal, La Salle, mall, Natal, pal, pall-mall, petit mal, sal, shall, Val

Definition of cabal in US English:

cabal

noun

A secret political clique or faction.
秘密政治派系，秘密小集团
a cabal of dissidents
不同政见者组成的秘密集团。
Example sentencesExamples
- As bloggers become to become mainstream and not just fringe lunatics muttering in tiny cabals, power will concentrate according to network power laws.
- Can you vote for all the nefarious cabals that really run the world?
- But there is always a sense of foreboding on such occasions because of the secretive, mafia-like management by a cabal of political operators.
- They're not a secret cabal that runs things from the shadows or anything, but they are important opinion leaders who happen to be very influential.
- You have not had the same sense of people putting themselves forward or creating cabals or platforms for leadership.
- It is a coerced transfer of income from consumers and foreign businesses to a small, politically active cabal of domestic businesses.
- These events warrant dark nights, cruel rains and cabals gathered in corners.
- Indeed, cliques and cabals spring up and create their own behavioral benchmarks, codes of conduct simultaneously acting inclusive and exclusive.
- In fact, if drug reformers gain enough political power to threaten the drug-war cabal, an alliance between the two to repress youths is inevitable.
- We do need to move forward, but as individual states with a common goal, not a superstate dominated by cliques, cabals and vested interests.
- It's not like this is obscure information known only to specialists, available only at secret annual cabals.
- Like all good cabals, it is hard to know exactly who belongs to the Establishment and how Machiavellian their meddling is.
- Instead, the film suggests that the sole point of the war has been the manipulation of an emotional public in the pursuit of the nefarious ulterior motives of secret cabals.
- There is no possibility of a centralized cabal that could appoint people of only one political coloration.
- But wait, Ross reveals another shocking secret of the capitalist cabal.
- Hardly a day goes past without the same cabals using the same phrases to labour the same points.
- I'm hoping for the latter, not banking on it though because he and his cabal will do anything to maintain control up to and including criminal activity.
- They all contend that the world is being secretly ruled by a shadowy cabal from inside a secret room.
- It means the secret cabal of conservative scholars see you as a threat to their comfortable ivory towers which they have built with taxpayers' money, and thus are trying to censor you.
- In a party with its cliques and cabals, his distinguishing characteristic is that he has always had an independent streak, looking out for himself and refusing to rely on others.
Synonyms
clique, faction, coterie, group, set, band, party, camp, gang, ring, cell, sect, caucus, league, confederacy, junta

Origin

Late 16th century (denoting the Kabbalah): from French cabale, from medieval Latin cabala (see Kabbalah).

词汇	cabal
释义	Definition of cabal in English: cabal noun kəˈbal 1A secret political clique or faction. 秘密政治派系，秘密小集团 a cabal of dissidents 不同政见者组成的秘密集团。 Example sentencesExamples In fact, if drug reformers gain enough political power to threaten the drug-war cabal, an alliance between the two to repress youths is inevitable. It is a coerced transfer of income from consumers and foreign businesses to a small, politically active cabal of domestic businesses. There is no possibility of a centralized cabal that could appoint people of only one political coloration. Indeed, cliques and cabals spring up and create their own behavioral benchmarks, codes of conduct simultaneously acting inclusive and exclusive. But there is always a sense of foreboding on such occasions because of the secretive, mafia-like management by a cabal of political operators. These events warrant dark nights, cruel rains and cabals gathered in corners. You have not had the same sense of people putting themselves forward or creating cabals or platforms for leadership. We do need to move forward, but as individual states with a common goal, not a superstate dominated by cliques, cabals and vested interests. It means the secret cabal of conservative scholars see you as a threat to their comfortable ivory towers which they have built with taxpayers' money, and thus are trying to censor you. They all contend that the world is being secretly ruled by a shadowy cabal from inside a secret room. They're not a secret cabal that runs things from the shadows or anything, but they are important opinion leaders who happen to be very influential. I'm hoping for the latter, not banking on it though because he and his cabal will do anything to maintain control up to and including criminal activity. As bloggers become to become mainstream and not just fringe lunatics muttering in tiny cabals, power will concentrate according to network power laws. Hardly a day goes past without the same cabals using the same phrases to labour the same points. Like all good cabals, it is hard to know exactly who belongs to the Establishment and how Machiavellian their meddling is. Can you vote for all the nefarious cabals that really run the world? In a party with its cliques and cabals, his distinguishing characteristic is that he has always had an independent streak, looking out for himself and refusing to rely on others. But wait, Ross reveals another shocking secret of the capitalist cabal. Instead, the film suggests that the sole point of the war has been the manipulation of an emotional public in the pursuit of the nefarious ulterior motives of secret cabals. It's not like this is obscure information known only to specialists, available only at secret annual cabals. Synonyms clique, faction, coterie, group, set, band, party, camp, gang, ring, cell, sect, caucus, league, confederacy, junta pressure group British ginger group Australian/New Zealand push historical junto rare camarilla 1.1archaic A secret intrigue. Example sentencesExamples In the popular political imagination we're familiar with the neocons as conniving militarists, masters of intrigue and cabals, graspers for the oil supplies of the world, and all the rest. If there is in existence a genuine cabal of intrigue and perfidy, the logical targets of such accusations were surely the members of the regime. Synonyms plotting, planning, conspiracy, collusion, conniving, scheming, machination, trickery, sharp practice, double-dealing, unscrupulousness, underhandedness, deviousness, subterfuge Origin Late 16th century (denoting the Kabbalah): from French cabale, from medieval Latin cabala (see Kabbalah). Historically, cabal was a committee of five ministers under Charles II of England (1630–85), whose surnames began with C, A, B, A, and L (Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley (Earl of Shaftesbury), and Lauderdale). However, the first recorded use of cabal (from French cabale) was in reference to the Cabbala, the ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible. Medieval Latin cabala is the source of several variants of Cabbala, including Kabbalah (the preferred modern spelling), Kabbala, Cabala, and Qabalah, based on a rabbinical Hebrew word for ‘tradition’. Rhymes Al, bacchanal, canal, Chagall, Chantal, chaparral, gal, grand mal, Guadalcanál, Hal, La Salle, mall, Natal, pal, pall-mall, petit mal, sal, shall, Val Definition of cabal in US English: cabal noun A secret political clique or faction. 秘密政治派系，秘密小集团 a cabal of dissidents 不同政见者组成的秘密集团。 Example sentencesExamples As bloggers become to become mainstream and not just fringe lunatics muttering in tiny cabals, power will concentrate according to network power laws. Can you vote for all the nefarious cabals that really run the world? But there is always a sense of foreboding on such occasions because of the secretive, mafia-like management by a cabal of political operators. They're not a secret cabal that runs things from the shadows or anything, but they are important opinion leaders who happen to be very influential. You have not had the same sense of people putting themselves forward or creating cabals or platforms for leadership. It is a coerced transfer of income from consumers and foreign businesses to a small, politically active cabal of domestic businesses. These events warrant dark nights, cruel rains and cabals gathered in corners. Indeed, cliques and cabals spring up and create their own behavioral benchmarks, codes of conduct simultaneously acting inclusive and exclusive. In fact, if drug reformers gain enough political power to threaten the drug-war cabal, an alliance between the two to repress youths is inevitable. We do need to move forward, but as individual states with a common goal, not a superstate dominated by cliques, cabals and vested interests. It's not like this is obscure information known only to specialists, available only at secret annual cabals. Like all good cabals, it is hard to know exactly who belongs to the Establishment and how Machiavellian their meddling is. Instead, the film suggests that the sole point of the war has been the manipulation of an emotional public in the pursuit of the nefarious ulterior motives of secret cabals. There is no possibility of a centralized cabal that could appoint people of only one political coloration. But wait, Ross reveals another shocking secret of the capitalist cabal. Hardly a day goes past without the same cabals using the same phrases to labour the same points. I'm hoping for the latter, not banking on it though because he and his cabal will do anything to maintain control up to and including criminal activity. They all contend that the world is being secretly ruled by a shadowy cabal from inside a secret room. It means the secret cabal of conservative scholars see you as a threat to their comfortable ivory towers which they have built with taxpayers' money, and thus are trying to censor you. In a party with its cliques and cabals, his distinguishing characteristic is that he has always had an independent streak, looking out for himself and refusing to rely on others. Synonyms clique, faction, coterie, group, set, band, party, camp, gang, ring, cell, sect, caucus, league, confederacy, junta Origin Late 16th century (denoting the Kabbalah): from French cabale, from medieval Latin cabala (see Kabbalah).
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