Results for cabal

Definitions of cabal:

part of speech: verb intransitive

To unite in secret with others to effect a design.

part of speech: noun

A secret combination for carrying out some special plan, usually evil.

part of speech: noun

A few men united secretly for some party purpose; a junto.

part of speech: verb

To design secretly; to intrigue.

part of speech: noun

A small party united for some secret design: the plot itself.

Usage examples for cabal:

• A remnant of former friendship was shown seven years after the Cabal was dissolved. "Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts", Rosalind Northcote

• I determined to form and direct a powerful cabal in order to bring my views to pass. "The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete", Duc de Saint-Simon

• The very next evening the Jacobin cabal called the manager upon the stage, and insisted that Madame Chevalier should be given a regular engagement. "The Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte", Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton