Cabal1. (n.) A secret group that seeks power usually through intrigue or plots to overthrow a government.
2. (n.) A secret.
3. (n.) A number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote their private views and interests in church or state by intrigue; a secret association composed of a few designing persons; a junto.
4. (n.) The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a close design; intrigue.
5. (v. i.) To unite in a small party to promote private views and interests by intrigue; to intrigue; to plot.
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